National Leader of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Senator Seriake Dickson, has expressed confidence that the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, will win Bayelsa State, the Niger Delta and Nigeria in the January 16, 2027 general election.

Dickson also said the All Progressives Congress (APC) had nothing to offer the people of Bayelsa, accusing the ruling party of failing to provide meaningful infrastructure, including roads and bridges, in the state and the wider Niger Delta region.

The former Bayelsa State governor spoke during a visit to his home state and community, Toru-Orua, alongside Obi and other NDC leaders.

In a statement posted on his Facebook page on Sunday, Dickson claimed that the APC had never defeated him politically or won Bayelsa State through the ballot.

He also boasted that he had been the major obstacle preventing the APC from winning the state since 2015, despite the defeat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the federal level.

“The APC never defeated me and they have never won Bayelsa on the ballot. I have been the obstacle stopping them from winning Bayelsa since 2015, even with the defeat of the PDP at the centre,” he said.

Dickson accused Governor Douye Diri, whom he said he had supported and helped bring to power, of handing the state over to the APC, thereby turning him and his political associates into opposition members in an administration they helped establish.

He, however, described Diri as his brother and compatriot, saying their disagreement was over the political direction of the state.

“The governor is still my person, my brother, my compatriot and our governor. But he is now someone I disagree with, as he and the people in his government are wrong with the direction they are taking our state to,” Dickson said.

The senator said he had deliberately refrained from making extensive public comments on the political developments in the state to preserve peace and prevent a crisis.

He, however, urged his supporters and Bayelsans to make their political positions known ahead of the 2027 elections, while appealing to them to remain peaceful and avoid attacks, threats or abuses against political opponents.

Dickson said he introduced Obi to the people of Bayelsa and urged them to support and vote for him, as well as other NDC candidates in the 2027 elections. (The Sun)