“Obi Doesn’t Give Shishi, He Lacked Tact, Nerve And Energy” —Tanko Says Leaving Obi Was Ideological

According to Symfoni Tv on Thursday November 12 2026, Yunusa Tanko, former spokesperson of the Obidient Movement, has dropped a bombshell on Peter Obi, saying he left the former Labour Party candidate because he lacked tact, nerve, energy, and commitment to get the job done.

Tanko said many Obidients have accused those who left Obi of leaving because of stomach infrastructure, but he said that claim is false and insulting to people who sacrificed for the movement.

He said he is not a poor man, and he did not leave because he was looking for money from Obi.

He said, “Interestingly, I am not poor. Interestingly, in 2023, I gave Obi a campaign office in Abuja here.”

Tanko said many of those who left are progressives, and they discovered after 2023 that Obi was ideologically different from what they believed.

He said, “After 2023, it was clear that he lacked the tact, the nerve, the energy, and the commitment to get the job done.”

He said none of those who left asked Obi for money, and he insisted that Obi does not give shishi to those who work for him.

He said, “None of us have asked him for money. He doesn’t give shishi.”

Tanko said Obi gives in front of cameras to schools, nursing homes, and churches, because the cameras will capture it, but the people who slave for him behind the scenes are left without support.

He said he is making a strong case for those who do not have, who are still with Obi, working night and day without pay.

He said the Bible says, do not muzzle the ox that treads the floor, and pay the labourer his wages, and a leader should not say he does not give.

He said those who donated to Obi’s campaign in 2023, like him, left because they want a clear-headed candidate with an ideological solution to Nigeria’s problems.

He said the progressive left is clear-headed, but when you ask Obi questions on the economy, on national security, and on moving Nigeria from consumption to production, he prevaricates.

He said, “You ask questions on the economy, he prevaricates. You ask him on national security, he prevaricates. You ask him how he is going to move Nigeria from consumption to production, he prevaricates.”

Tanko said he has never seen a vice presidential candidate openly disagree with his principal in public, as Datti did on subsidy, which showed ideological confusion in the camp.

He said he gave his office and his lounge in Guzape in support of Obi in 2023, and leaving him was ideological, and he is proud he did.

He said, “I gave my office, I gave my lounge in Guzape in support of Obi in 2023, and leaving him was ideological, and I am proud I did.”

He concluded that many people are now joining the SDP because they have found a candidate who is clear-headed, understands the urgency of now, and wants to truly move Nigeria forward.

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