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Lagos: OBIdient Movement slams Yunusa Tanko over leadership crisis

Israel Arogbonlo
October 5, 2025

Some grassroots leaders in the OBIdient Movement’s Lagos chapter have turned their criticism towards Dr Yunusa Tanko, the national coordinator, accusing him of backing a disputed list for the state’s leadership council.

The pushback came in a statement released at the weekend by Obiasogu David and Hon. Bamidele Akpata, representing support groups, the Central Organising Committee, and other stakeholders.

They rejected a circulating list for the State Coordinating Council, saying it was allegedly put together without their input by a group of politicians close to Tanko.

Full statement below;

“The purported list of the Obidient Movement State Coordinating Council for Lagos state, now making the rounds, hit us with rude marvel. This isn’t because we lacked knowledge of and were not actively involved in the process of revamping and structuring the Obidient movement in Lagos state, which has been running for months.

“But the eventual decision and choice of the leadership for the movement in the state were totally abrupt and surreptitious, and the source of the list and some of the names enlisted are unknown to any active Obidient in the state.

“To give it a befitting context, a set of position-seeking political actors, for intents that raise doubts, met and drew up a list, wherein they shared positions with loyalists, branded it “State Coordinating Council” and imposed on the ObidientMovement in the state.

“Such a move slaps us, as well as every concerned and active member of the Obidient movement in the state, with sharp, irksome shock, especially considering its covert and manipulative manner.

“Our unequivocal stand is that of utter disregard and rejection of the purported list. We resolve to ensure that the Obidient Movement, for which we laboured to pioneer and build in the state since March 2022, must not derail from its core principles of integrity, truth, democracy, transparency, and populism, the virtues our leader, Peter Obi, espouses.

“We must, also, reiterate that the movement in the state is not a political structure for any politician to hire or hijack for self-aggrandisement or to further their political agenda.

“We are a people-driven movement, built on sacrifice, resilience, and the conviction to rescue Nigeria and Lagos from decades of failed leadership. Therefore, it is imperative that the decisions and activities of the movement, especially a vital one as forming the leadership of the movement at any level, must be subject to and co-opt the core principles of the movement.

“In view of this, we insist that the leadership of the movement must be constituted through wide consultation and popular consent of the active stakeholders of the movement, a process that is devoid of political gimmicks and the interference of self-willed politicians.

“Such leaders of the movement must embody the values and qualities of leadership, be active members of the movement from the founding times, and above all, must be chosen by active stakeholders of the movement, especially the Obidient support groups.

“We call on those who shared the purported list to withdraw it immediately. The national leadership of the Obidient movement must, as a matter of urgency, call for a meeting with stakeholders of the movement in the state to discuss progress”.

https://tribuneonlineng.com/lagos-obidient-movement-slams-yunusa-tanko-over-leadership-crisis/


Photo 1) Dr Yunusa Tanko is the national coordinator of the Obidient Movement.

Photo 2) Obiasogu David is a prominent Obidient

Obiasogu David is a prominent Obidient on social media.

Obiasogu David @afrisagacity

In the past few days, the Obidient movement, Lagos state chapter, has faced very unfortunate troubles.

I have refrained from writing about the issues with the hopes that they would be resolved very swiftly and well. Unfortunately, they fester.

Seeing this publication in the Tribune is sad. I hope Peter Obi, Dr Tanko, and other leaders of the movement can quickly intervene to resolve the issues.

I may sew a thread detailing the issues.

https://x.com/afrisagacity/status/1974937835145748750?




EyesOfMicky @DimejiMichael

Same thing happening here in ogun state..

https://x.com/Dimejimichael/status/1974941409808728153?


Dinolasky @owendino01

The Endsars protest gave birth to the Obidient movement, there wasn't any protest whatsoever in the North bcuz Buhari was president hence it didn't matter to them but somehow the leadership of the movmt is anchored by a politician 4rm the North and you think there won't be chaos?

https://x.com/owendino01/status/1975073224808702020?t=jCnrZUypsTYPkE3EaPgyZQ&s=19


Paula @omyleggy21

" same thing Ogun same thing Oyo" yenyenyen why calling it one by one just say the whole " Yoruba land" Na? Rubbish people.

https://x.com/omyleggy21/status/1975108855295312351?t=Nex6zz6D2678DPz7sdk_Pw&s=19


Dinolasky @owendino01

The moment leadership positions of the Obidient movement were allotted to politicians, I knew there'd be chaos at some point and it's happening already bcuz these political figures would always want to control the movement imposing politicians not known to the movement.

https://x.com/owendino01/status/1975074416750195095?

France 77 @Francis_Ekha

The Obidient movement guys in Lagos are bunch of clowns and jest stars, they picked an Igbo man as the director of Peter Obi’s presidential campaign council in Lagos State. Are you expecting Lagosians to take you guys serious ?
You guys close to PO are his major problem.

https://x.com/Francis_Ekha/status/1951755064042717243?t=8HNBI-CDtQHjBL2NdoG53A&s=19

A political party with just a governor and few assembly members cannot put their house in order Gbajue group of companies... Endsars bring us together association.

Ipob party . You cannot expect anything good from a party that allied with terrorists. Obi himself is a political disaster.

Obiedun:
Ipob party . Yo cannot expect anything good from a party that allied with terrorists. Obi himself is a political disaster.

and the Nigeria dey better under ur so called saint tinubu some people go just sound like JERBOA animal

The Lagos obedient movement must be guarded from infiltrators funny enough last night when I slept I dreamed of bola Ahmed tinubu it has never happened in my life do you want to hear the dream?

20 likes and I'll post the dream below this message.

Some time you no supposed chok eye for what's not your own



Obi people how market

You can't shame the shameless, make una rest Abeg.
Omorr nawaooo

.SATAN is glad/Happy.Make I reach OKIJA SHRINE POUR SEAMAN SCHNAPP to the gods of CONFUSION

Obidients are just mumu people, they should stop deceiving themselves

No Tinubu, No Peter Obi, No Atiku, No sowore

We need a revolution

Stop this, they are all the same

Obi is the greatest asset to Tinubu.

Jagaban go just dey happy for Obi. So he actually thinks he can contest alone outside being Atiku VP and become Nigeria president?

Tinubu suppose dey pay this Tanko guy allowance. Na him gangan be weapon fashioned against Obi coz he dey give am bad advice.

I'm thinking that this Obedient movement has been compromised by opposition. Their mission is to cause discord and crash the movement.

How this one carry dey news worthy or good enough to dey on FP?

The whole movement is a big joke
The gaslighting of the yorubas that worked for the obidients in 2023 can't work again come 27.

Yorubas are wiser now. Very few are still left in the dark

madridguy:
Some grassroots leaders in the OBIdient Movement’s Lagos chapter have turned their criticism towards Dr Yunusa Tanko, the national coordinator, accusing him of backing a disputed list for the state’s leadership council.

Obidient Movement is not a political party. It is spontaneous and organic. Any council is rubbish.

I am dead sure all the nominated so-called leaders were from Obi's ethnic stock.

These ones lamenting will Ronu by force.

😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

Tinubu and wike have bought all of them. That's the next blame game.

Just watch out

Dronedude:
I'm thinking that this Obedient movement has been compromised by opposition. Their mission is to cause discord and crash the movement.

The appointed Lagos state coordinator of the headless mob is an IBO man and most of his excos are not Yoruba either.

This is the crux and that is why these modern day Victor Banjos are crying.

They have now understood how Obi is a brash tribalist .

Giving order yafun yafun

No more characters to add

nothingspoil70:
The whole movement is a big joke
The gaslighting of the yorubas that worked for the obidients in 2023 can't work again come 27.

Yorubas are wiser now. Very few are still left in the dark

The remaining useful idiots in the obidient mob are now crying after seeing an Ibo man selected by Obi to head the movement in Lagos.

They will Ronu hard.

We should support the movement fueled by the masses in Nigeria. Leaders have always been enforced on us. Where has it gotten us?

If the mssess choose a leader and he messes up, the same masses will root him out because it is being powered by the people.

Let the masses make their choice. Right or wrong. We will learn and do the needful.

Ibo branch of the obidients movement in Lagos state

Understandable

Who wants to be a millionaire (for obidients).
Question 1 for 1 million Naira:
If AbduLLAH means "servants or slaves of ALLAH" what's does OBIdients mean? Slaves or Servants of...

Can anybody really hold claim to be the leader of the Obidents movement?

Imagination go soon kill APC because of OBIdients and Peter Obi.

Peter Obi their daymare

Peter Obi-their nightmare

Peter Obi is coming

naptu2:
https://tribuneonlineng.com/lagos-obidient-movement-slams-yunusa-tanko-over-leadership-crisis/


Photo 1) Dr Yunusa Tanko is the national coordinator of the Obidient Movement.

Photo 2) Obiasogu David is a prominent Obidient

I don't know the people calling themselves obidients because obidients never formed an official body. If fact the word obidients refers to Nigerians actionable expression of their profound desire for true leadership.

Though having a unified front of obidients is a welcome idea so that there would be an official front to counter manipulations of tinubu's APC.

However, the true obidients, most nigeirans are not interested in who becomes who in any state including Anambra where PO hails from. Their only genuine interest is in who will get the leadership of Nigeria right. Reason why they have thrown their weight behind PO, the only nigeiran politicians with the desired qualities.

Sociotech:
Obidients are just mumu people, they should stop deceiving themselves

No Tinubu, No Peter Obi, No Atiku, No sowore

We need a revolution

Stop this, they are all the same

We dont need a revolution.
We just need to enlighten people about govt responsibilities
We need proper govt education.
The more people are aware of govt responsibilities, the more we have more people demanding for accountability.

If people still line up to collect 5k or rubber of rice to vote a candidate, then revolution wont solve it because the same people doing revolution with you can take peanuts from politicians just to sabotage the process.
People need to be aware of govt responsibilities and be aware of the resources coming in and going out

MrSly:
I don't know the people calling themselves obidients

Aha! This is one of the people that I wrote about on the other thread. They are the people that don't know. They follow without knowing.

https://nig.obidients.com/

LegendHero:
Obi is the greatest asset to Tinubu.

Jagaban go just dey happy for Obi. So he actually thinks he can contest alone outside being Atiku VP and become Nigeria president?

Tinubu suppose dey pay this Tanko guy allowance. Na him gangan be weapon fashioned against Obi coz he dey give am bad advice.

Lolz
Obi is dividing Tinubu southern votes
Yeah