A pro-Peter Obi political mobilisation group, Obedient Movement, has said the resignation of some of its top members is part of growth process.
The group stated that it would not descend into “spying, bigotry or thuggery.”
In statement on Friday, Yunusa Tanko, who is also Mr Obi’s spokesperson and coordinator for the Obidient Movement, said “Resignation from leadership of a popular, revolutionary movement in our current situation is understandable.
“We know our struggle is tough, and many may not endure to the end. But these transitions are part of the growth process and unavoidable in building an efficient movement that will restore prosperity, hope and justice to Nigeria.”
The group’s cordinator said that as a movement it would continue to raise the bar of participation in governance and not descend into activities unedifying of Nigeria such as spying, bigotry or thuggery.
Mr Tanko also faulted claim that Mr Obi did not show committment to the movement in any way, saying “H.E Peter Obi has continually made contributions to the movement both physically, financially and otherwise.”
Mr Tanko’s statement came as the Director of mobilisation for Obidient Movement, Morris Monye, resigned from his position on Thursday.
In his resignation letter, Mr Monye claimed that he spent N40 million of his personal funds on the movement, noting that
Mr Obi didn’t support the directorate he headed with a dime or communicated with them.
“I have spent approximately N40m of personal funds (My own money) on donating for Obidient events,” Mr Monye said.
“No money was given to the Directorate of Mobilization. There’s no bank account even for the directorate. Infact, Mr Peter Obi has never asked what we are doing in mobilization. Nothing of such. No communication. Nothing.”
Also, two top members of the group in the diapora, David Ogula, Obident Movement director of diaspora engagement, David Ogula and the co-director of the movement in diaspora, Emiabata Alibaba, dumped the movement, dismissing it as a broken vehicle at a dead end in October.
“Given a series of manipulative and self-destructive events, we, the undersigned, have decided to decouple ourselves from the present configuration of the structure of the “Obidient Movement” and its “directorate,” the duo said in a joint statement.
The duo said they “consistently insist that the diaspora should not be treated as a cash cow. A carefully planned framework to establish local structures to build a formidable force for good was subverted by pedestrian antics.”
