Yunusa Tanko Has Left Peter Obi For The SDP

Geo-Political News

Abuja · Thursday 12 November 2026

Yunusa Tanko, Peter Obi's spokesman during the 2023 campaign and later the national coordinator of the Obidient Movement, has joined the Social Democratic Party. On Wednesday he was unveiled at the SDP secretariat in Abuja as national coordinator of Adewole Adebayo's presidential campaign council.

empty office chair window Photograph by Quilia via Unsplash.

How he got here

When	Tanko's role
2023	Spokesman for Obi's Labour Party campaign
September 2024	National coordinator of the Obidient Movement
October 2026	Removed as coordinator, then adviser for the North
30 October	Resigns as Obi's adviser
11 November	SDP campaign coordinator

Tanko says he spoke to Obi and NDC leader Seriake Dickson before accepting.

Why it stings. Tanko was not a peripheral figure. He was the face of Obi's 2023 media operation and the man who ran the movement afterwards. Ndi Kato, another former campaign figure, says his departure shows Obi has a leadership deficit. Several other 2023 allies have also parted ways with Obi since.

Campaigns lose staff all the time. They rarely lose the person who used to speak for them.

The bigger picture

The opposition vote in 2027 is split between at least three serious candidates, and their camps are trading people. Every defection is a story about one candidate's weakness and another's pull. With two months left, the one that matters is whether voters follow the staff.

Reporting: Legit.ng and Daily Post.

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