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Ahead 2027, Obidient Movement Set Up Global Advisory Council
This was contained in a statement by its Coordinator, Dr Yunusa Tanko.
The emergence of the OBIDIENT movement has profoundly transformed Africa’s political landscape, particularly in Nigeria, where it has disrupted the norms of traditional politics. This movement, driven by passionate young Nigerians, has mobilized unprecedented support for Mr. Peter Obi, establishing itself as a formidable force in the country’s political arena.
Harnessing various media platforms, the OBIDIENT movement has effectively spread its message, engaged voters, and challenged the dominance of Nigeria’s major political parties. This new wave of political activism has sparked increased youth participation and reshaped the strategies employed in political campaigns across the nation.
What started as a grassroots initiative to reform Nigeria’s stagnant political system has evolved into a global socio-ideological phenomenon. The movement resonates deeply with citizens who are tired of corruption, insecurity, and economic hardship. Today, the OBIDIENT movement stands as one of Africa’s most impactful campaigns, inspiring people worldwide.
The driving force behind the movement is a collective desire for change, transparency, and accountability. The movement embodies the aspirations of a generation determined to reclaim Nigeria’s future and build a better nation for all its citizens.
It represents a unique ideological culture in Nigeria and across sub-Saharan Africa, rooted in the principles of volunteerism and unwavering commitment. It is driven by citizens who are disillusioned with retrogressive leadership, unfulfilled potential, and outdated stereotypes.
The movement transcends political affiliations, socio-cultural backgrounds, ethnic identities, religious beliefs, and racial boundaries, uniting Nigerians and Africans under a shared vision for progress.
The OBIDIENT Movement Ethos: The 5Cs for a New Nigeria
Competence: Deliver results.
Character: Lead with integrity.
Capacity: Handle complexity.
Credibility: Earn trust.
Compassion: Put the people first.
In building our structural base from the previous regional engagement we had and as approved by His Excellency Peter Obi kindly find below the list of Advisory Council and Directorate Members to be followed up with the states Collegiate at a later date.
Regional Advisory council
NW
• Ibrahim Abdulkarim
• Shuaibu Fagge
• Hamisu Santuraki
• Abduljaleel Dangulbi
• Maryam uthman
• Sidi Aba
NE
• Prof. Kalep Bulus Filli
• Sani Abdulssalam.
• Prof Anna Mohammed Malgwi
• Zanna Ali Haruna
• Ayuba thlama Wakawa
• Jerry Martin kanjo
NC
• Peter Ameh
• Dr Joseph Ndarang
• Daniel Shehu Gambo
• Sewuese Apeverga (Selma)
• Pamson Dagyat
. Nedd Gideon
. Mahmud Adamu
SE
• Dr Njideka Ezeadili (Dr DEKA)
• Patrick Obi
• Professor Owojecho Omoha
• Eng Emmanuel Ihemadu
• Florence Ndidi
• Prince Solomon Udochukwu
. Ekene Nwakuche
SW
• Hon Seyi Sowunmi
• Dele Farotimi
• Rev Eliashib Ime-James
• Lanre Fadahunsi
• Akin Olaoye
. Baba Oloye
SS
• Professor Nwakobia
• Dcn Chris Iyoware
• Dr. Peterside Sofiri Starson Jnr.
• Olumide Akpata
• Obonganwan Barbra Etim James.
• Naomi Essien
Supporting Advisory council
Oseloka Obaze
Mr Ifeanyi Thaddaus Ezeagu.
Ikenna Azomchi
Sheikh Anata
March Oyinki
Ndi Kato
Dr Stanley Kavwam
Hon Onochie Osheokwu
Chinaa Nwokorie
Luka Dalang
Pastor Austin
Dr Binna Ekechukwu
Prof Stella Okuna
Augustine iyan okon
Eboh Okorie
Dr Fola Adebayo
Elder Chika Nwobu
Prisca Chinwe Eboh
Dr A Ogbanufe
Hilda Dokubo
Dcn Ken Pela
Muhammad Yahaya
Abubakar isa
Abdulwasiu saidu
Samuel Musa
Jonathan Alfred
Abubakar sordiq
Patricia Eduajemiekemo
Emmanuel oladotun
Dr Joseph Onuorah
Dr Ope Banwo
Blossom Martins
Miss Dabira Olayinka
Jumoke Alawode
Comrade dele Abiola
Arch. Chinelo Ofoche
Directorate of the National Assembly Advisory Council.
Arinze Ekene Chikelu
Hon Uchenna H. Okonkwo
Anyalogu Nelson
Engr chuks Odimegwu
LINUS ABBA OKORIE
Barrister Femi Kehinde
Babatunde Olaniyan
Bar Ikpendu Ogada
Mr. Ekene Orogbu
Hon Cosmo Agbo, PhD.
Robert Obasi
Rotimi Odunaike
Lanre Akinola
Dr. Frank IK Oduah
Tekena McPepple
Prof. Patrick Igbinaduwa
Hauwa Magoro Kebbi State
Eniola Onaola
Dr Ekwe Okwudiri Chris.
Lanre Farinloye
Kunle Soaga
Hon Sunday Umeha
CHIEF CHARLES OKAFOR
Omobolanle Ogunnaike
Micheal Anokwuru
FESTUS UGWA
Maj. General Chris Eze (rtd)
Hon. Amb. Daniel Asama Ago.
Advisory Directorates .
• Operations (Admin, events and programs, security/intelligence, human resources and capacity development). —
• Political Engagement.
• Mobilisation and membership. (Recruitment, Grassroot Projects)
• Research, policy development and strategy.
• Finance, fundraising, resource mobilisation and accountability.
• Legal and constitutional affairs.
• Technology and data management/analysis.
• Communications.
• Diaspora Engagement.
• National Assembly.
Technology and data management/analysis:
Anthony Chinwo
Linous Okoreie
Finance, fundraising, resource mobilisation and accountability:
Val Ozigbo
Mbagwu Ndidi –
Nexus
Abubakar Yewale
Mobilisation:
Blessing Okoli – Jack
Justin Kingland
Uchenna Nwabueze
Serah Ibrahim
Monday Otene
Akor Christian (Due process)
Sunday Baloma
Enan Maigari
Hauwa Ashafa (Arewa Chick)
Daniel Okpe Ejembi
Daniel Elombah
Morris Monye
Mirrabel Imote
Chigozie Alex Ifeanyichukwu
Jabir Ibrahim Yaro
Benjamin Adze Sarki (SarkiB)
Elijah Umanu
Mr Lucky Chidi Kanu
Micheal Igwe
Communications And Media:
Eyitemi Taire
Judith Akatugba
Nana Kazaure
Babangida Kakaki
David Obiasogu
Kamal Yusuf
Chuka Ufondu
Daniel Elombah
Mazi Ezeoke
Kiibati Bankole
Uchenna Nwabueze
Priscilia Amadi
Uche Okoye
Dotun Oyebolu
Barr. Ken Eluma Asogwa
Legal and constitutional affairs:
Barr. Vincent otaakpukpu
Barr. Kelechchukwu Uzoka
Diaspora
Dr David Ogula
Ayo Desilva
Bolanle Emiabata-Anibaba
Dr Tonia Ogbanufe
Barr Prisca Eboh
Dr Joseph Onuorah
Stephen Osemwinge
Tonnie Aseaomeh
Ify Davies
Research, Policy Development and strategy:
Dr Chukwudi Analo
Jamila M. Umar
Political engagement:
Engr. Okechukwu Chikwendu
Alhaji Attah Ikeleji
Barr Eunice Atujide
Together, we affirm that a new Nigeria is POssible!
A professor of Political Economy, Pat Utomi, on Friday said he is receiving support from some Nigerians who are planning to mobilise 500 lawyers to defend him against the Department of State Services.
Utomi revealed this in a post on X.
“It’s energising (that) some want to put together 500 lawyers to defend me against the DSS,” he said.
The DSS had sued Utomi over his alleged plan to establish what he calls “a shadow government” in the country.
According to the suit filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja, the DSS prayed the court to declare the move an attack on the Constitution.
The professor of Political Economy, who is the 2007 presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), was sued as the sole defendant.
In the suit filed on May 13 by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Akinlolu Kehinde, the agency contended that the move by Utomi was intended to create chaos and destabilise the country.
The DSS had argued that the planned shadow government was not only an aberration but also constituted a grave attack on the Constitution and a threat to the democratically elected government currently in place.
However, Utomi said he was gladened by the solidarity he had received from across the country.
“I am heartened by messages of solidarity from across Nigeria on this shadowy business of chasing shadows of shadow cabinets. Reminds me of the Nigeria I used to know. I want to thank all.”
The planned shadow cabinet was greeted by reactions from several Nigerians, including a former presidential candidate and activist, Omoyele Sowore, who said it was an ineffective symbolic gesture that lacked real-world impact on Nigeria’s pressing challenges.
Speaking during an interview on Inside Sources on Channels TV on Sunday, Sowore argued that the idea of a shadow cabinet was futile in a country where the existing government is itself opaque and largely unaccountable.
He said, “Well, how do you replace a shadow government with another set of shadowy governments? I would not begrudge anybody who thinks of solutions that can bring awareness to the people.
“But I do not think that setting up a government with names of people who call themselves a shadow government makes any difference.”
The Lagos State Police Command has issued an official statement addressing a viral video that sparked concern on social media, showing a large group of young men reportedly arriving in Lagos and gathering near the Dano Company premises in Ibeju-Lekki.
According to the Command, the incident occurred on May 14, 2025, prompting swift deployment of officers to the scene for investigation. The police confirmed that the individuals—eighty-nine in total—had arrived from Katsina State to work as labourers at the Dangote Refinery in Lekki.
A contractor affiliated with the refinery informed the police that he personally recruited the workers for legitimate employment, a statement corroborated by the refinery’s Chief Security Officer (CSO). All individuals were cleared for entry and are expected to reside within the refinery premises.
The police confirmed that thorough checks were conducted, revealing no incriminating materials. The labourers also presented valid National Identification Numbers (NINs), which were successfully verified by the authorities.
Commissioner of Police, CP Olohundare Jimoh, urged the public to refrain from spreading unverified information that could incite panic or tension. He assured residents of the Command’s continued commitment to public safety and swift response to potential threats.
Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, signed off on the statement, reaffirming the Command’s dedication to transparency and law enforcement in Lagos State.
Finnish prosecutors on Friday said they had charged a man with inciting terrorism online who a media report identified as Nigerian separatist leader Simon Ekpa.
Finland’s National Prosecution Authority said in a statement that it had charged “a Finnish individual in a case involving suspected public incitement to commit crimes with terrorist intent and participation in the activities of a terrorist group.”
It added that the alleged crimes had been committed in the city of Lahti between 2021 and 2024 and were related to the suspect’s efforts to establish Nigeria’s Biafra region as an independent state.
The prosecution authority did not name the accused but Finnish public broadcaster YLE identified him as separatist leader Simon Ekpa.
Ekpa — who claims to lead the Biafra Republic’s government in exile — was detained in November.
According to the prosecution authority, the accused remained in custody and denied the charges.
Ekpa is known as a self-proclaimed leader of a faction of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), which is pushing for the independence of Nigeria’s southeast, where a bloody civil war was fought in the late 1960s.
The dual Finnish-Nigerian national has also been a local representative for Finland’s conservative National Coalition Party in the city of Lahti, north of Helsinki, where he has served on a public transport committee.
When Ekpa was arrested, Finnish authorities also requested that four other people be remanded in custody on suspicion of financing Ekpa’s activities.
On Friday, the prosecution authority said the prosecutor had decided to drop charges against four others in the case due to a lack of evidence.
Ekpa has been the subject of several of AFP’s fact checks in recent years over false claims and disinformation he has made in independence campaigning.
AFP
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