Aisha Yesufu, who is part of the Labour Party’s 2023 presidential campaign group, has stated that Peter Obi, the party’s candidate in the previous national election, was not the creator of the Obidient movement.
According to Yesufu, the Obidient movement originated as a result of the aftermath of the tragic EndSARS incidents.
She emphasized that the combined frustration among Nigerian young people was what ultimately led to the establishment of the Obidient movement, benefiting individuals like Obi.
She wrote:
“Nobody created Obidient movement. After the #EndSARS killing by APC government many became interested in politics since they were mocked and told to vote those who killed the protesters. There was a collective anger to vote out APC. Peter Obi was a beneficiary of that collective anger of the people.
“When he made his intentions to run for presidency many with that collective anger supported him and from there the name was coined to fit the candidate following the habit of naming supporters after a person supported in Nigeria.
There was already a movement before the name OBIdient was coined.”
