The Obidient Movement has dismissed efforts by a faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to court former presidential candidate, Peter Obi.
The National Coordinator of the Obidient Movement, Yunusa Tanko told newsmen in Abuja that the party’s internal crisis has weakened any attempt to lure Obi to the party.
Yunusa was reacting to reports of planned consultations by the PDP leadership.
He questioned both the logic and credibility of the outreach at a time the party is grappling with internal disputes.
“Well, they are making overture to him, but you know, the problem is that the party has issues at the moment now,” Yunusa said.
He argued that extending an invitation to a key political figure to return to a party facing internal challenges raises fundamental questions about coherence and direction.
“And so if you say you are making an overture for him to go back to where, where there’s problems, how do they fly that those are the issues. So you have to consider that, all right,” he added.
The reaction followed confirmation that a faction of the PDP is planning to reach out to both Obi and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as part of efforts to reposition the party ahead of the 2027 elections.
The planned consultations were disclosed by the PDP South-South Chairman, Emmanuel Ogidi, who spoke on the party’s ongoing engagements with influential political figures.