The Director of News, Arise Television, Sumner Sambo, says the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, cannot give the Obidient Movement the required leadership.
Featuring in an interview on Arise Television’s ‘Prime Time’ on Wednesday, Sambo urged Obi to structure the movement beyond his political ambition, stating that the movement is greater than himself.
He likened the group to the Nnamdi Azikiwe’s supporters, Zikist movement, of the 1940s-1950s, saying even if Obi does not make it to be president in 2027, the group would still continue.
“The Obidient movement is greater than Peter Obi himself. If I were Peter Obi, I would look for a way to structure it above my ambition.
“The major problem here is the organizational issues we have in politics, and I can tell you it’s a very huge challenge.
“But the thing is that there’s so much fire in this group of young Nigerians, and they need proper political organization.
“And I’m sorry to say, Peter Obi is not someone who can give them that leadership, because what they are seeking is actually greater than Obi himself.
“It is that bitterness that made someone like the former Deputy Campaign Manager for the Obi/Datti Presidential Campaign, Comrade Isaac Balami, to leave.
“He had to leave because, from what he said, you see the pain that from the funding of the Obidient movement to the campaign strategies, there were some loopholes that were not filled.
“And after the 2023 elections, Obi did not call for a post-election analysis meeting to unite this group and keep them at hand,” Sambo said.