The Obidient Movement has launched scathing attacks on former Governor of Borno, state Ali Modu-Sherif, accusing him of shadow-chasing in his overzealous attempt to execute his hatchet job for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The Movement regretted that rather than dwelling on the well documented inadequacies of the present All Progressive Congress APC-led Federal Government, Modu-Sherif continues to divert attention to the Nigerian Civil War, opposition parties and figures including Peter Obi.
Senator Sheriff had, in an interview on Channels Television on Monday July 6, 2026, stated that Obi, the Presidential Candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, will not enjoy the support of the North despite his choice of Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the leader of the popular Kwankwasiyya Movement as his running mate , owing to his failure to condemn the activities of pro-Biafra group – the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra IPOB.
The former Borno Governor also accused Obi of anti-North posturing during his tenure as Anambra state Governor, alleging that he repatriated a significant number of Northerners resident in the Stat.
Senator Sheriff similarly urged the presidential candidate of the opposition Coalition platform, the African Democratic Congress ADC, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to shelve his ambition to preside over the affairs of the country until 2031 when he believes it will be the turn of the North to take a shot at the presidency.
But in a statement on Tuesday July 7, 2026, from its Media and Communication Directorate ,the Obidient Movement expressed serious concern that Sheriff gloated over the worsening insecurity and economic crisis bedeviling the country under the watch of President Tinubu , while pontificating ,and grandstanding on events of over 50 years ago.
The group noted that if Nigerians are at all to be lectured on patriotism, certainly such unsolicited lesson should not come from someone it described as the “godfather” of terrorism.
“The attention of the Obidient Movement has been drawn to the bizarre interview granted by former Borno state Governor Ali Modu-Sherif ,on Channels Television ,where he desperately tried to turn straightforward question about the catastrophic failure of the Tinubu administration into a theatrical lecture on the Nigerian Civil War .
“Asked a simple question about calls for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to resign over worsening insecurity and the collapse of the economy, Sheriff simply could not answer it. Instead, he reached for the oldest weapon in the APC playbook-tribal fear-mongering.
“Rather than explain why Nigerians are hungrier, poorer ,and more insecure than they were three years ago, he dragged the country back to a war that ended over fifty years ago.
“It was a cheap distraction by a man who had no answer to the question before him”, the movement stated.
While dismissing claims that Obi does not believe in Nigeria’s unity and corporate existence, the group emphasized that Obi has severally come under attacks and threats from IPOB owing to his unflinching commitment to the national cohesion and united Nigeria.