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“No One Is More Qualified Than Me” – Senator Dickson Declares Obi Not Doing NDC Any Favour

June 11, 2026 • 2 min read

By Ademola Adekusibe
11 June, 2026

Senator Seriake Dickson, national leader of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, has declared that Peter Obi is not more qualified than him to contest the presidency. Speaking on Arise Television’s ‘Prime Time’ programme, Dickson stated that no one is doing the NDC any favour by running for president.

“No one is more qualified than me to run for president. I could have run for president before they (Obi) came. And for some reasons I did not want to. Don’t make it look like anyone is doing NDC any favour. No one is. Rather, the NDC, I and my colleagues, are the ones doing people a favour by granting our platform to them,” Dickson said.

The comments come days after the NDC issued an edict against members of the Obidient and Kwankwasiya movements, warning that the party will not operate as a personality-driven political platform. The NDC said it is determined to build a sustainable political institution founded on party supremacy, internal discipline, and transparency rather than the influence of individual politicians.

Dickson also revealed why he left the PDP and formed the NDC, stating that he does not move with the crowd. He noted that opposition is salient in a democracy and that people join the ruling party for peculiar gains. “I am not a politician of that mode. Since 2015 when PDP lost federal power, I was the first opposition governor who bore the brunt of that federal loss of power. I have been in for some time as an opposition politician, so being in the opposition doesn’t scare me,” he added.