Why I Left the PDP and Formed the NDC – Dickson

The National Leader of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Seriake Dickson, explained why he departed from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and established the NDC.

In an interview on Arise Television’s “Prime Time” on Wednesday, Dickson emphasized that a democracy cannot exist without an opposition.

As the former governor of Bayelsa State, he stated that he does not follow the crowd.

He noted that individuals who defect to the ruling party can secure appointments, contracts, and benefit from federal and state patronage.

“We should encourage people to be in opposition because there is no democracy without opposition,” he said.

“People join the ruling party to be assisted by so‑called federal mights, to write results, and to have security support to terrorize and humiliate their people in the name of rigging elections, and so on.”

“I am not a politician of that mode. Since 2015, when the PDP lost federal power, I was the first opposition governor who bore the brunt of that federal loss of power.”

“I have been in the opposition for some time, so being in the opposition doesn’t scare me,” he added.