The Obidient Movement has pushed back against comments by the African Democratic Congress (ADC), insisting that its support for a Peter Obi presidency remains firm and that claims portraying the movement as divisive misread political reality.
The response followed remarks by ADC spokesman, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, who urged supporters of presidential aspirants, particularly those backing Peter Obi, to abandon what he described as an “Obi or nothing” stance and instead focus on strengthening the party ahead of the 2027 elections.
In a statement issued on Monday, the National Coordinator of the Obidient Movement Worldwide, Dr Yunusa Tanko, said the group’s commitment to the emergence of a Peter Obi presidency was “unshakable”. He argued that passion-driven political engagement should not be mistaken for extremism or intolerance.
In the statement, titled Calling Obidients ‘divisive’ is what politicians do when they fear accountability, Tanko said the movement emerged in response to years of poor governance, deepening poverty and institutional decay, rather than from any desire to divide the country. He noted that millions of Nigerians, particularly young people, became politically active because they were disillusioned with recycled leadership and unfulfilled promises.