2027: Dickson vows NDC will survive ‘anti-democratic forces’

National Leader of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Seriake Dickson, has vowed that the party will overcome what he described as legal and political schemes by anti-democratic forces.

Dickson, in a statement posted on his verified X account on Wednesday, said Nigeria’s democracy and multiparty system must survive ahead of the 2027 general elections.

The former Bayelsa State governor said the NDC was confronting “legal and contrived shenanigans” but expressed confidence that the crisis would eventually pass.

“Nigeria’s democracy must survive. Multi-party democracy must survive no matter the different odds we may face in the course of returning Nigeria to the right course,” he said.

Dickson expressed confidence that the judiciary would uphold the law and resist attempts to use the courts to undermine the country’s democratic process.

He also accused unnamed political figures whom he had previously supported of using government institutions to remove people from office, victimise innocent citizens and spread unfounded allegations.

Dickson alleged that the individuals had repaid the support extended to them, their families and communities with “wickedness and evil.”

Despite the challenges confronting the NDC, the former governor said he was encouraged by the growing number of Nigerians joining the opposition party.

According to him, leaders, young people, women and other citizens have continued to register and participate actively in the party’s activities.

Dickson said he had worked with other party leaders to strengthen the NDC nationally and position it as a credible political alternative.

He maintained that the current political crisis would not derail the party’s preparations for the 2027 elections.