Obidients Mobilize, Form Alliance Committee Ahead of 2027 Polls

Supporters of the former Anambra governor, Peter Obi, also known as the Obidient movement, have formed an alliance to promote peace, unity and reconciliation among citizens even as it projects into 2027 elections.

The committee, inaugurated over the weekend in Abuja, will have representatives from all six geopolitical zones of the country, ensuring a nationwide reach and impact to consolidate their gains and position themselves ahead of presidential polls.

The committee’s chairman, Comrade Joseph Enan Maigari, emphasized the importance of the committee’s mission, stating that Nigeria is a wounded nation due to the failure of past and present leadership.

He noted that the committee’s task is delicate and will have far-reaching consequences for the nation in the coming years.

He appealed to Nigerians from all walks of life to support the committee’s mission, emphasizing that the country’s freedom and justice depend on it.

According to him, “We are a wounded people because of the failure of the past and present leadership, no matter on which side we stood. We all stand in need of healing. We on the team are no superhuman exceptions. We too need forgiving and to forgive ourselves in order to be able to wrestle the oppressors holding this country captive since 1960.

“Everyone is aware that we have been assigned a delicate task whose execution, success or otherwise, will have critical and far-reaching consequences for our land and nation in the coming years.

“We will be engaging in what should be a corporate nationwide process of healing through contrition and forgiveness. To be able to forgive one needs to know whom one is forgiving and why. That is why the truth is so central to this whole exercise.

“But we will be engaging in something that is ultimately deeply spiritual, deeply personal. That is why I have been appealing to all our people – this is not something just for the committee or team alone. We are in it, all of us together, Muslim and Christian, North and South, we this rainbow people of God.

“The miracle must endure. Freedom and justice must become realities for all our people and we have the privilege of helping to heal the hurts of the past, to transcend the alienations and the hostilities of that past so that we can close the door on that past and concentrate in the present and our glorious future.”

The members of the committee are: From the North East: Joseph Enan Maigari, Hon. Dr. Yawe Jinadu, Comrade Zanna Ali Haruna, and Dr. Kambu Papka. From the North West: Khalifa Sharif Anta, Alhaji Usman Graham, Abubakar Yawale, and Mrs. Deborah Bwala-Maina. From the North Central: Sheikh Rufai Al-siddiq (PRO), DIG Lawal Gambo (Rtd.), Iortyom Kenneth Terhemba, and Caleb Audu (Assistant Secretary).

From the South South: Chief Ephraim Etete-Owoh, Comrade Gometi Crested, and Dr. Chinelo Onwusi (Secretary). From the South East: Mmaduabuchi Chekwubechukwu (Mobilization), Dr. Chibuzor Obiesili, and Engr. John Iwuchukwu. From the South West: Adeyeye Tosin (Head ICT), Odusote Emmanuel, Kolade Gbolagade, and Hon. Prince Austin Yonwunren.