By Williams Odunze
The Obedient Movement ,Imo State Chapter has launched state wide campaign for massive participation in the ongoing Voters registration exercise in order to make positive impact on 2027 general elections.
The group also advocated for credible elections as it vowed to resist any move to truncate fair and peaceful transition.
The position of the group was made known during a press conference held at Imo NUJ Press Centre ,Port Harcourt Road,Owerri by its State coordinate, Vigilius Chukwuka Anukanti who said that the movement will make significant impact in the next elections.
He maintained that the group is more organized and united this time to wade off anything that will not allow people’s votes count , believing that new Nigeria is possible.
Anukanti, remarked that it is very important for people to participate effectively in the voters registration exercise which they will use as weapon to make a difference.
The State coordinator, informed that one of the missions of the movement is to ensure that in every polling unit across the State, an Obedient will either lead or join a voting block of at least 100 Nigerians.
He pointed out that the Permanent Voter’s Card, PVC, is not just a piece of plastic but a power to influence positive outcome.
” We call on every committed Obedient in the State to immediately register on Obedients.Com. and create their voting bloc.
Your duty is to recruit members, track their PVC status and prepare your bloc to vote as one united front in 2027.
“We will go door to door, reaching out to every Community in the State, using our fliers, megaphones and Community influencers to spread our messages.
We will engage market associations, religious centres, youth groups and union.
“We will arrange transportation to help people get to INEC registration points because a new Nigeria is possible only when every citizen has the power to vote ” he said.
Anukanti hinted that the next general elections, the electorate will be voting for new vision and that the movement will be recruiting 1,500 valued based leaders nation wide to run for office under the Obedient platform.
The State coordinator used the moment to call on competent and compassionate individuals in the State with the desire to serve to step forward and be part of the new vision.
He further informed that the movement has created a catchy phrase, GO MERD, meaning” Get Organized Make Election Rigging Difficult,” saying that the phrase was coined to establish the power of the electorate in electoral contest.
” The path from frustration to transformation is clear.We can save Nigeria by making election rigging difficult.
Together as one organized, determined and powerful force, we the people of the State will prove to the world that a new Nigeria is possible”he added.
