2027: I’m not planning to challenge Tinubu – Dickson

Senator representing Bayelsa West Senatorial District, Seriake Dickson, has said helium presently has nary plans to situation President Bola Ahmed Tinubu successful the 2027 statesmanlike election, stressing that his precedence is to assistance physique a beardown governmental level alternatively than prosecute idiosyncratic governmental ambition.

Dickson made this known portion addressing journalists astatine his Abuja residence soon aft confirming his resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and announcing his determination to articulation the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC.

The erstwhile Bayelsa State politician explained that his contiguous focus, alongside different governmental actors, is to fortify the NDC into a credible nationalist level susceptible of attracting Nigerians from antithetic governmental backgrounds.

According to him, the extremity of the emerging governmental question is to yet contention for powerfulness astatine the nationalist level.

“We are moving towards taking implicit powerfulness astatine the centre, and it is achievable. Political parties are built by people, not simply by their names,” helium said.

He added that the governmental clime successful the country, particularly aft the developments witnessed during the 2023 elections, suggests that a credible governmental level could pull support.

“If you bespeak connected the dynamics of the 2023 elections, ...