Tanko lastly breaks silence on why he dumped Peter Obi for SDP

Former National Coordinator of the Obidient Movement, Yunusa Tanko, has lastly damaged his silence on why he left the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, just a few weeks to the 2027 presidential election.

Tanko, who was unveiled on Wednesday because the National Coordinator of the Presidential Campaign Council of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, for Prince Adewole Adebayo, stated he left as a result of the group round Obi didn’t need him anymore.

He spoke in an interview on Symfoni TV, stating that he has no drawback with Obi however couldn’t keep the place he was solely being tolerated.

“I respect Peter Obi, but since they don’t want me, people who want me picked me up from the dustbin and made me a bride. That’s what happened,” Tanko stated.

Tanko, one of many closest allies of Obi, served as Obi’s spokesman and Media Director of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Organisation through the 2023 election.

Recall that in September 2024, Obi appointed him because the National Coordinator of the Obidient Movement worldwide.

He was later eliminated as coordinator of the motion in October 2026 and was made Political Adviser, North, to Obi.

Tanko stated he knowledgeable Obi and the National Leader of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Senator Seriake Dickson, earlier than he took the SDP job.

He stated his relationship with Adebayo didn’t begin now, however dates again to 2023.

“This is not a mistake in history. When you go back into history, you will see my warm relationship with him way back in 2023. So this is a relationship that has long been built,” Tanko stated.