- Safiu Kehinde
The national leader of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Sen. Seriake Dickson, has revealed how human right activist, Aisha Yesufu, allegedly turned down the party’s offer of House of Representatives ticket presented to her.
Seriake made the disclosure during a press briefing held by the party in Abuja on Thursday.
While addressing the disagreements and agitations emerging from the party’s primary election, particularly at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the former Bayelsa state governor accused Yesufu of turning down the Reps ticket he and the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, presented to her.
He alleged that the activist said she is too big for the position as she insisted in pursuing the Senatorial ticket.
“Talking about this FCT, do you know that Peter Obi and I offered Aisha House of Reps?
“You the public don’t know. And she turned it down. House of Representatives that people are fighting for, she said she is too big for it.” Seriake said.
NPO Reported that Yesufu had last week called out the party’s leadership over the decision to rule out the direct primaries for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Senatorial ticket despite earlier announcing that it will be conducted.
She decried being intimidated and trolled since she joined the party as she vowed not to provide venue for the declaration of a consensus candidate.
According to reports, Yesufu would, yesterday, accused Seriake of focusing on personal relevance rather than building momentum for the party ahead of the 2027 general elections.
“This part of the interview was so painfully appalling to watch. It looked as if you were insecure and in competition with your Presidential Candidate,” Yesufu said.
“Your first one-on-one interview after primaries, and instead of selling your candidates and giving confidence to people on how to set the road to winning the 2027 election, you made it about yourself.” Yesufu said.