Obidient Movement suffers setback as top mobilisation official quits

The Director of Mobilisation of the Obidient Movement, Morris Monye, has resigned from his position, citing poor coordination and disappointing performance in the recent Anambra election.

Monye announced his resignation in a statement posted on his X handle on Thursday, saying his continued stay in the role had become “untenable” despite his passion and personal financial commitment to the movement.

“Almost a year down the line, most of our short, medium, and long-term plans have not been met. I won’t be part of optics and no work. The poor showing at the Anambra election has also made my position untenable,” he stated.

He disclosed that he personally funded nationwide mobilisation activities — including travel, local structure support, voter awareness campaigns, and logistics — without any financial backing from the movement’s leadership or its presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi.

“No money was given to the Directorate of Mobilisation. There’s no bank account even for the directorate. In fact, Mr Peter Obi has never asked what we are doing in mobilisation — no communication, nothing,” Monye said.

The former mobilisation director also claimed that he and his businesses had faced harassment from government supporters due to his involvement in the movement.

Highlighting his key contributions, Monye said he helped create an online registration system for Obidient members, revived dormant support groups, established regional and local government offices, and launched the Obidient NextGen university campus network.

He added that he raised funds for the movement’s candidate in the Anambra governorship election and initiated a plan to equip polling unit agents with affordable body cameras for election monitoring — a project he urged his successor to complete.

“The next director must follow up on this. We have not closed it out yet,” he noted.