You Can’t Support Peter Obi And Oppose NDC – Seriake Dickson

Peter Obi

The founder and national leader of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Senator Seriake Dickson, has warned supporters of the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, against attacking the party and its leadership. He recently had his say during an interview with ARISE NEWS, and Nigerians have been reacting.

Describing such actions as counterproductive to Obi’s presidential ambition, Dickson dismissed claims of a crisis within the NDC.

He concluded by saying insisting that the party remains united despite disagreements arising from its recent primary elections.

His words, “You cannot be supporting Peter Obi, if you are genuinely supporting him, and you are disparaging me, the leader, or the platform itself. That is nonsensical.

I don’t know what these supporters gain by disparaging a platform that their so-called… the person they are supporting is running on.

Now, NDC is the vehicle that will take Peter Obi and Kwankwaso to the Villa. So if they understand the processes, even if there’s no gratitude to those who set up the NDC and offered it, they should know that they are hurting themselves if they run down the platform.

The NDC leadership is intact, and there’s no crisis whatsoever. There’s even no crisis of confidence. And a lot of Nigerians believe in us.

We feel what they feel. They feel some of the processes were not perfect. And I will be one of the first to admit that, yes, direct primaries—in the way and manner the Electoral Act stipulated—have created a crisis.

Can you define the nature of the ill-treatment? Because there are people who, maybe because they’re popular on social media and well-known, they may not want to play by the rules.

As for today, Aisha Yesufu is a member of our party, and we welcome her.

But let me tell you as a fact, the NDC does not sell nomination forms to people based on how much they have.

Obi and Kwankwaso did not pay one naira. We are working together. He’s our presidential candidate, and he’s a running mate, and we’re working on building it together.”

WOW.