2027: Tanko, Datti, Okupe, Okonkwo, others who parted ways with Peter Obi

The defection of Dr Yunusa Tanko, erstwhile National Coordinator of the Obidient Movement, to the Social Democratic Party, SDP, has added to the database of salient figures who were erstwhile intimately associated with Mr Peter Obi but person since parted ways with him oregon publically criticised his governmental direction.

Tanko served arsenic a cardinal fig successful Obi's 2023 statesmanlike campaign.

He precocious accepted an assignment arsenic Director-General of the Presidential Campaign Council of the SDP statesmanlike candidate, Prince Adewole Adebayo.

His departure has renewed discussions astir the governmental operation surrounding Obi up of the 2027 wide election.

Among the salient figures who person had disagreements with Obi oregon moved distant from his governmental campy are his erstwhile moving mate, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed; erstwhile run Director-General, Doyin Okupe; histrion and lawyer, Kenneth Okonkwo; erstwhile governorship campaigner successful Anambra State, Valentine Ozigbo; and erstwhile Deputy Campaign Manager, Isaac Balami.

Datti Baba-Ahmed was Obi's moving mate connected the Labour Party summons successful the 2023 statesmanlike election. He had besides publically expressed disagreements with aspects of Obi's governmental direction.

Okupe served arsenic Director-General of the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Organisation. He subsequently near the Labour Par...