Fidelia Soriwei, Abuja
National Leader of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, Senator Seriake Dickson, has disclosed that the party previously offered activist Aisha Yesufu a House of Representatives ticket, but she declined the opportunity.
Dickson made the revelation during a stakeholders’ meeting of the party in Abuja amid recent internal disagreements within the NDC.
According to him, the offer was made jointly by the party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi.
“Now, talking about the FCT, do you know that Peter Obi and I offered Aisha Yesufu a House of Representatives ticket, but she turned it down?
“House of Representatives that people are fighting for, she said she’s too big for it,” he said.
His comments came shortly after Yesufu took to her verified X account on Thursday to react to ongoing developments within the party.
In the post, she suggested that Dickson appeared to be engaging in an unnecessary dispute.
“Dickson seems to be fighting a war no one is waging against him,” she wrote.
The exchange is the latest sign of tensions within the NDC as the party navigates internal political disagreements ahead of future electoral contests.
