OK PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN COUNCIL: PETER OBI BACKS DICKSON’S ACTION

September 26, 2026 • Dons Eze • 1 min read

The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Party (NDC), Peter Obi, has backed the position of the party’s national leader, Senator Seriake Dickson, that support groups should not assume the party’s functions, rejecting the presidential campaign council recently constituted by the Obi-Kwankwaso Movement, popularly known as the OK Movement.

Obi stated this during an interview on Arise Television’s Prime Time on Thursday while reacting to the dispute between the NDC and the movement over the 59-member Presidential Campaign Council.

The OK Movement had announced the council on September 17, but the NDC later distanced itself from the structure, saying the party did not authorise it.

Obi, who is the NDC’s presidential candidate for the 2027 election, said the OK Movement and other groups backing the party’s ticket should operate as support organisations rather than create structures that perform the functions of the party.

He said, “First is that the NDC is a political party we all belong to and I agree entirely with the position of the leader.

Dons Eze

DONS EZE, PhD, Political Philosopher and Journalist of over four decades standing, worked in several newspaper houses across the country, and rose to the positions of Editor and General Manager. A UNESCO Fellow in Journalism, Dr. Dons Eze, a prolific writer and author of many books, attended several courses on Journalism and Communication in both Nigeria and overseas, including a Postgraduate Course on Journalism at Warsaw, Poland; Strategic Communication and Practical Communication Approach at RIPA International, London, the United Kingdom, among others.