The idea of VDM protesting in the night at a highly strategic Military installation as Air Force Base is not only condemnable but it's reckless.
VDM needs to be called to order and let his Egungun be careful because na express he dey go so...
Don’t Disparage Me or My Party. If It’s Easy, Go and Form Your Own Party. You’re Not Doing NDC a Favor. NDC Is Doing You a Favor — Sen. Dickson Tells Obedients
Former Bayelsa State Governor and Senator, Seriake Dickson, has pushed back against claims that supporters of Peter Obi are doing the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) a favor by backing the party’s presidential ticket.
Speaking during an interview on Arise TV’s Prime Time Show, Dickson said the NDC existed and was attracting prominent politicians long before Obi and other opposition figures joined its platform.
According to him, Obi and his running mate were offered the party’s presidential ticket without paying any money, stressing that the NDC leadership voluntarily opened its platform to them because it had confidence in their candidacy.
Dickson rejected suggestions that the NDC needed Obi more than Obi needed the party, insisting that the narrative undermines the efforts of those who built the party from scratch.
“There is no one doing NDC a favor,” he said. “Rather, the NDC and my colleagues are doing people a favor by granting our platform to them.”
The senator also warned Obi’s supporters, popularly known as Obedients, against attacking the party or its leadership while claiming to support the former Anambra governor.
“You cannot be supporting Peter Obi, if you are genuinely supporting him, and at the same time disparaging me, the leader, or the platform itself. That is nons£nsical,” Dickson stated.
He further challenged critics who believe political party formation is easy, saying they should attempt to register and build their own party structures.
“If it’s easy for people to form a party, go and form yours,” he said.
Dickson maintained that the NDC had been receiving influential politicians from across the country months before Obi and other opposition figures joined, citing former governors and political heavyweights who had already aligned with the party.
He urged supporters and political commentators to show greater respect for the platform, warning against narratives that portray the NDC as dependent on any single individual for relevance or survival.
Q: Did you prioritize people who could afford to fund the campaign?
Sen. Dickson: Sometimes, in the comfort of an air-conditioned room, people can make all kinds of claims and talk like activists, but in the real political world, resources are key.
The Obidient movement will be the beginning and the end of Peter Obi. They are throwing jabs at their vice president, threatening the party they joined 3 weeks ago and questioning their leadership structure.
The movement is both a blessing and a curse for Peter Obi
PRESS STATEMENT
OBIDIENT MOVEMENT REJECTS THE APPOINTMENT OF THEO ABU AGADA AND DEMANDS ACCOUNTABILITY FROM NDC LEADERSHIP AND TANKO YUNUSA
The attention of the Obidient Movement has been drawn to the appointment of Theo Abu Agada as Director of New Media and Strategic Communications by the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC.
We condemn this appointment in the strongest possible terms.
This appointment is not just insensitive. It is a direct insult to their presidential candidate, Peter Obi, the Obidient Movement, and the millions of Nigerians who have stood firmly behind a movement built on competence, character, justice, accountability, and people-centred politics.
A party that claims to value the Obidient Movement cannot turn around and appoint a man whose public record is filled with repeated attacks, insults, and open hostility towards their presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and Obidients. You cannot disrespect the largest support base within your political structure and still pretend you are building unity.
Theo Abu Agada has publicly described supporters of their presidential candidate, Peter Obi, in insulting terms. He has questioned Peter Obi’s capacity, portrayed him as a threat to free speech, accused his supporters with reckless language, and repeatedly made statements that show clear contempt for the same movement NDC now expects to energise its public communication.
Even worse, he once claimed that Peter Obi had “unleashed his IPOB supporters on Nigerians.” That kind of statement goes beyond political disagreement. It is a dangerous attempt to link their presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and Obidients to IPOB, and by extension paint the movement with the brush of extremism and terrorism. No serious political party that respects Peter Obi or the Obidient Movement should reward such a person with a sensitive communications position.
Can NDC appoint someone who has publicly insulted and disparaged Rabiu Kwankwaso or the Kwankwasiyya Movement into a sensitive communications position and expect Kwankwasiyya supporters to clap for it? Can NDC reward someone who has repeatedly attacked Kwankwaso and still claim it respects his movement?
If the answer is no, then why does NDC think it can do this to their presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and the Obidient Movement?
The NDC leadership must explain how such a person passed through any serious political vetting process for a sensitive communications role. New Media and Strategic Communications is not a decoration. It is the public voice of a party. Appointing someone with a history of hostility towards their presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and the Obidient Movement into that office sends a very clear message, and the message is disrespect.
This also raises serious questions about the role and effectiveness of Tanko Yunusa as the leader of the Obidient Movement.
What exactly is Tanko doing?
In the Labour Party, he was always seen around the leadership, taking pictures and standing close to Peter Obi, yet the same Labour Party repeatedly disrespected Peter Obi and the movement he was supposed to represent.
In ADC, the same pattern repeated itself. The Obidient Movement was treated with disregard, and its value was undermined.
Now in NDC, the same thing is happening again. The party leadership continues to disregard the Obidient Movement, even though Obidients remain the largest, loudest, and most active stakeholder group in this political alignment. That disregard has now reached their presidential candidate, Peter Obi, directly through the appointment of someone whose public record shows open hostility towards him.
So we ask again: what exactly is Tanko doing?
Is he there to defend the movement, or to take pictures?
Is he there to protect Peter Obi’s political leverage, or to stand in rooms like a mannequin?
Is he there to represent Obidients, or to lock comment sections whenever people ask uncomfortable questions?
Tanko Yunusa must answer a simple question: what the hell is he doing?
The Obidient Movement cannot continue to be treated as a crowd for rallies, online engagement, and political optics, while those who openly insult the movement are put in strategic positions where they will continue the insults.
We demand the following:
1. The immediate reversal of Theo Abu Agada’s appointment.
2. A public explanation from the NDC leadership on how this appointment was approved.
3. A formal apology to their presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and the Obidient Movement.
4. A clear commitment from NDC that no individual with a public record of hostility towards Peter Obi or the Obidient Movement will be placed in any sensitive strategic communication role.
5. A full explanation from Tanko Yunusa on what he is doing as leader of the Obidient Movement and why this pattern of disrespect keeps repeating itself under his watch.
The Obidient Movement is not a spare tyre. We are not political furniture. We are not a movement to be used when convenient and disrespected when power is being shared.
If NDC wants the energy, credibility, reach, and sacrifice of Obidients, then it must treat the movement with respect.
Anything short of that is unacceptable.
Karigwe
Prophet of Thoughts
For and on behalf of Obidients, since the leadership of the Movement is sleeping.
I write this with pain in my heart.
On April 23, 2026, I bought a car on loan after trading in my former car, which had become a constant source of problems. I still had an outstanding balance of ₦4.5 million to pay.
On April 28, 2026, I was taken away by the Nigerian Army under the guise of DSS officials. For three days in their custody, I was subjected to treatment that left deep scars on me physically, emotionally, and mentally.
Throughout those three days, I remained handcuffed and blindfolded. During the day, I was left under the scorching sun for hours without water. I begged and cried for water, but nobody gave me any. At night, I was kept in an extremely cold room where I would cry and plead for help, but no one responded. I also received random slaps from unidentified individuals.
Even after the court granted me bail, the trauma did not end. I still wake up suddenly at night, struggling to sleep as memories of those days continue to haunt me.
What breaks my heart even more is that the car I bought on loan was damaged. Sometimes I ask myself: what exactly did I do to deserve such treatment?
My only “offence” was speaking up and asking that my brothers and sisters serving in the military should be properly fed and cared for.
Today, I can truly say that Nigeria happened to me.
But despite everything, one thing remains certain:
Justice can never be cracked.
His followers insulted and lie against daddy Adeboye for days, he didn't come outside to sue anyone, small body wey dey shake am werey dan dey threatened arrest. May God help me take anyone that want to vote for Peter OBI in January
Some Obi’s ekukes came to spy on my platform and this is my response to one of them:
"You are as foolish as your Peter Obi, who can't stand the truth. Tinubu is criticised, Atiku is criticised by Obi’s mad dogs. None of them sued people because they recognise that we are in a democracy and people are free to express themselves. Obi has sued Deji Adeyanju, and I heard he has written his wretched letter to Kenneth Okonkwo. If he has such a thin skin against criticism as an ordinary citizen, he will certainly kill all Nigerians with the guns of the state if he ever nears any position of office, God forbid, because Nigerians love to express themselves. We need a tolerant democratic President, not an Obi who does not know his left from his right. Go and get a job and a life."
Henceforth, I will reply any Obi street urchin who comes to my platform to talk nonsense.
Some Obi’s ekukes came to spy on my platform and this is my response to one of them:
"You are as foolish as your Peter Obi, who can't stand the truth. Tinubu is criticised, Atiku is criticised by Obi’s mad dogs. None of them sued people because they recognise that we are in a democracy and people are free to express themselves. Obi has sued Deji Adeyanju, and I heard he has written his wretched letter to Kenneth Okonkwo. If he has such a thin skin against criticism as an ordinary citizen, he will certainly kill all Nigerians with the guns of the state if he ever nears any position of office, God forbid, because Nigerians love to express themselves. We need a tolerant democratic President, not an Obi who does not know his left from his right. Go and get a job and a life."
Henceforth, I will reply any Obi street urchin who comes to my platform to talk nonsense.
@PRINCIPAL_XYX@realkenokonkwo@IvieOsasereNIG Why is Peter Obi also suing his former spokesperson? If Tinubu and Atiku decided to be suing everyone that spreads lies against them a lot of people will be prison by now. If that bastard become the president of Nigeria there will not be free speech
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