Forward of the 2027 common election, the Obidients motion has vowed to realize much more than they did in the course of the 2023 election as they start reawakening and harmonising the motion.
The group made the vow on the convention of the All Obidient Discussion board, organised by the Delta Obidient Elders’ Council on Saturday in Asaba, the Delta state capital.
In his welcome handle, the state chairman of the Delta Obidient Elders’ Council, Chief Chris Biose, warmly thanked all Obidients nationwide and within the Diaspora for the heroic position they performed, each individually and collectively, in numerous help teams.
Biose expressed appreciation to the Obidient youths throughout political get together strains who engaged in political mobilisation to defeat the entrenched APC and PDP in Delta state in the course of the presidential election held on 25 February 2023.
He mentioned, “On behalf of the Obidient Motion, I heartily thank all of the Obidients nationwide and within the Diaspora for the heroic position we performed individually in numerous help teams.
“It was so exceptional that different political events couldn’t consider their eyes when the Obidients garnered over 10 million votes for Mr. Peter Obi inside a couple of months of campaigning.
“On behalf of the Delta Obidient Elders’ Council, I’ve the good honour to warmly welcome to Asaba our vibrant Obidients from all 25 native authorities areas of Delta State, in addition to leaders of the Motion from throughout the nation.
“It’s time to put together to re-enact the magic of 25 February 2023 with larger depth and finality. The voters that supported Mr. Peter Obi continues to be right here—upset, however nonetheless desirous of excellent governance. How can we re-enlist them within the wrestle for a New Nigeria?
“From its starting, the Obidient Motion was made up of hundreds of spontaneous and enthusiastic help teams that greeted Mr. Peter Obi’s entrance into the presidential race.
“The motion had no management hierarchy or formal organisational construction. This time round, Mr. Peter Obi has correctly appointed an interim nationwide coordinator for the Obidient Motion within the extremely revered Dr. Tanko Yunusa, and we encourage all Obidients to benefit from this vital step.
“I urge all Obidient help teams to work as a workforce for the achievement of the target that was rudely and crudely denied us in February 2023. We are going to do much more than we did within the 2023 election.
“Obidients isn’t just about protest marches or on-line media activism. They’re involved with key problems with the Nationwide Query. Taking into consideration the ruthlessly exploitative and anti-people ethos of the Nigerian ruling class, Obidients yearn for a New Nigeria. This entails dismantling the political construction that sustains the current system of electoral, political, social, and financial injustice in Nigeria.”
Biose mentioned that step one in constructing a New Nigeria is electoral reform to allow the voters to take away incompetent and anti-people authorities buildings, stressing that Obidients should first work out countermeasures to neutralise the electoral marauders.
He acknowledged that Nigerian youths represent the physique and soul of the Obidient Motion, noting that considered one of their prime duties as elders was to information and counsel youths and different social teams in society to stick to core social values.
The keynote speaker, Prof. Chris Nwaokobia, acknowledged that the Obidient Motion ignited a hearth in Nigeria’s social and political house in the course of the 2023 election, including that it’s now time to start out networking forward of 2027.
He described President Bola Tinubu’s authorities as a monstrous failure, saying that the management had misplaced route and didn’t know what to do for the nation’s economic system.
“We are going to repeat much more of what we did within the 2023 election. Simply because they stole the 2023 election doesn’t imply they may steal the 2027 election,” he mentioned.
“We won’t surrender on Nigeria. Be like fishers of males, go and produce extra individuals into the Obidient Motion. A New Nigeria is feasible,” he admonished.
Obi, who joined the convention by way of Zoom, highlighted the significance of early mobilisation.
He mentioned the theme of the convention, “Reawakening and Harmonising the Obidient Motion for a New Nigeria,” is especially well timed, given the present financial challenges within the nation.
Different Obidients who spoke by way of Zoom, together with Prof. Pat Utomi, Delly Ajufo, Chris Iyovwaye, and Dr. Yunusa Tanko, lamented the financial failures and referred to as on the youths to mobilise early.
They mentioned that if they may obtain a lot in 2023 with lower than a 12 months of mobilisation, they might do much more in 2027.