2027: OK Movement Breaks Silence After Dickson’s Remark

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The Obi-Kwankwaso Movement, widely known as the OK Movement, has responded to comments by the national leader of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Seriake Dickson, who criticised the group’s campaign structure as “nonsensical”.

The movement also opposed any move by the NDC to assume control of its existing structures ahead of the 2027 general elections.

The OK Movement insisted that it would retain its separate identity and would not permit its national, state, local government or ward structures to be incorporated into the NDC.

The Director-General of the movement, John Ughulu, disclosed the position while reacting to Dickson’s comments concerning the activities of political support movements ahead of the 2027 elections.

Ughulu rejected Dickson’s characterisation of the movement’s campaign council as “nonsensical”.

Reporters reports that Dickson had earlier criticised the OK Movement’s decision to constitute a 59-member Presidential Campaign Council.

The former Bayelsa State governor argued that support movements should complement political parties rather than establish structures that rival the official party machinery.

Dickson maintained that such groups should focus primarily on grassroots mobilisation and supporting candidates.

“You have several support groups. Support groups don’t compete with the political party that is sponsoring candidates. Support groups don’t compete for supremacy, for space.

“Support groups are what they are – support groups. They don’t play the role of a political party. They don’t sponsor candidates. They provide grassroots support, mobilisation support,” Dickson said.

Ughulu, however, disagreed with the portrayal of the OK Movement as merely a conventional support group.

He argued that the organisation was created independently and operates through its own leadership, administrative and mobilisation structures.

According to him, the movement consists of individuals from different political backgrounds who share support for Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso, the NDC presidential candidate and his running mate for the 2027 election.

“I strongly agree with the position expressed by Senator Seriake Dickson. However, there appears to be a missing link in the argument currently being advanced.

“If the Obidient Movement is regarded as a support movement, and if the Obidients and Kwankwasiyya have equally been described by Idris Zekeri, while claiming to speak on behalf of Peter Obi, as a support movement, then it becomes necessary to properly define the identity and status of the Obi-Kwankwaso Movement, popularly known as the OK Movement.

“For the avoidance of doubt, the OK Movement is not a support group created as an appendage of any political party or another movement. It is independently organised, managed and structured through its own established movement mechanisms,” he said.

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