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Dr. Yunusa Tanko.
Dr. Yunusa Tanko, who just quit his position as the National Coordinator of the Obidient Movement, has finally oped up offered reasons for dumping the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, a few weeks to the 2027 presidential election.
Tanko, who was unveiled on Wednesday as the National Coordinator of the Presidential Campaign Council of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) for Prince Adewole Adebayo, said he left because the group around Obi did not want him anymore.
He spoke in an interview on Symfoni TV, stating that he had no problem with Obi but could not stay where he was only being tolerated.
Said Tanko: “The group did not want me. You don’t stay where you’re being tolerated. You go to where you’re being appreciated.
“I respect Peter Obi, but since they don’t want me, people who want me picked me up from the dustbin and made me a bride. That’s what happened”.
Tanko, one of the closest allies of Obi, served as Obi’s spokesman and Media Director of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Organisation during the 2023 election.
Obi in September 2024, appointed him as the National Coordinator of the Obidient Movement worldwide.
He was later removed as coordinator of the Movement in October 2026 and made Political Adviser, North, to Obi.
Tanko said he informed Obi and the National Leader of the NDC, Senator Seriake Dickson, before he took the SDP job.
He said his relationship with Adebayo did not start now, but dates back to 2023.
Said he: “This is not a mistake in history. When you go back into history, you will see my warm relationship with him way back in 2023. So this is a relationship that has long been built”.
