NDC Denies Dickson’s Alleged APC Pact, Says Ex-Governor Won’t Sabotage Obi, Kwankwaso

…Party dismisses claims of secret deal with ruling APC as “beer-parlour talk”

Daud Olatunji

The Nigeria Democratic Congress has dismissed allegations that its National Leader, Senator Seriake Dickson, is secretly working with the ruling All Progressives Congress to undermine its 2027 presidential ticket of Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso.

The party described the claim as false and politically motivated, insisting that Dickson had neither entered into a secret agreement nor reached any open arrangement with the APC.

The NDC, in a statement issued on Monday by its National Publicity Secretary, Osa Director, said it was compelled to respond to the allegation because repeated circulation of unsubstantiated claims could eventually be mistaken for truth.

The party said, “Our leadership would have ignored the beer-parlour talk and murmurs making the rounds, but history teaches that lies told over and over, if unrefuted, are taken as truth by the gullible.

“Hence, we deem it necessary to issue this strong and unequivocal rebuttal.”

The NDC specifically rejected insinuations that Dickson was acting as a proxy for the APC or had embarked on a plan to weaken Obi and Kwankwaso ahead of the 2027 presidential election.

The party said the former Bayelsa State governor had no reason to sabotage the political platform he had chosen to build with other opposition figures.

“Our National Leader, Distinguished Senator Seriake Dickson, is not a front for the ruling APC or anyone else. He has no secret or open deal whatsoever with the ruinous and diabolical APC regime,” the statement added.

The opposition party further argued that Dickson’s political history did not support the allegations, stressing that he could have opted to join the ruling party if he were interested in pursuing political convenience.

“Anyone who knows Senator Dickson’s public service record, and is in his right senses, will not associate him with any under-the-table arrangement to sabotage his own party and its presidential candidate and running mate, Mr Peter Obi and Dr Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso,” the NDC stated.

According to the party, Dickson deliberately chose what it described as the “hard, honourable path” of building a new political platform rather than defecting to the APC.

The NDC said, “Senator Dickson could have taken the easy way out by joining the APC. Instead, he chose the hard, honourable path of building a party with like-minds, a party that will liberate Nigeria from the vice grip of the buccaneers currently in power.”

The development comes amid increasing political realignments and accusations of covert alliances as political parties and their candidates position themselves for the 2027 general elections.

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