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Henry Dickson accuses APC of holding a mandate not won at the polls in Nigeria

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Former Bayelsa governor Henry Seriake Dickson, national leader of the NDC, accuses politicians who defected to the APC of giving the ruling party a mandate it did not win at the ballot box. He calls on supporters to mobilise peacefully for the 2027 elections, according to P.M. News.

Henry Dickson, former governor of Bayelsa State and national leader of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), accuses politicians who have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) of giving the ruling party a mandate it did not win at the ballot box, according to P.M. News. He made the claim on Tuesday in a message posted on X.

He spoke at a reception at his home in Toru-Orua, in honour of the NDC’s vice-presidential candidate, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso. Dickson calls on the people of Bayelsa to mobilise peacefully for the 2027 general elections, and says that APC members remain their brothers and friends despite their political differences.

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