Yunusa Tanko joins Adewole Adebayo’s presidential campaign
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Daily Post
Yunusa Tanko, former national coordinator of the Obidient Movement, joins the presidential campaign team of Adewole Adebayo, candidate of Nigeria’s Social Democratic Party. He says he left Peter Obi’s circle because he no longer felt wanted there, according to an interview with Symfoni TV.
Yunusa Tanko has been appointed national coordinator of the presidential campaign council of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in support of Adewole Adebayo, the party’s candidate in Nigeria’s 2027 presidential election. He explained his departure from Peter Obi’s circle by saying that he no longer felt wanted within the movement, in an interview with Symfoni TV.
Tanko said he has no problem with Peter Obi, candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), but preferred to join those who wanted his presence. He said he informed Obi and Seriake Dickson, an NDC leader, before accepting his new position. According to him, his relationship with Adebayo dates back to 2023.
Tanko was appointed global national coordinator of the Obidient Movement, which supports Peter Obi, in September 2024, before being replaced in that position in October 2026 and appointed political adviser for the North to Obi.
Tanko’s new role comes after the NDC entrusted its 2027 presidential campaign to Henry Dickson and Peter Obi on 25 October. On 8 November, Peter Obi had again presented his programme to halt the erosion of Nigeria’s wealth.
