Senator Seriake Dickson, founder and leader of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, and the duo of Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso, the party’s presidential flagbearer and running mate, are in a marriage of convenience. Obi and Kwankwaso were like a driver in need of a vehicle; Dickson’s NDC was a vehicle in need of a driver. So, the marriage was consummated out of necessity and desperation, not love. But the unsavoury personal and relational dynamics pose serious threats to a stable government were the strange union to produce the presidency in 2027. It would be a child of a dysfunctional marriage.
But before we come to the hypothetical dysfunctionality of an NDC presidency, we must ask whether the party can really produce the president in 2027? Answering that question requires a structural analysis of the party. Keen observers of Nigerian political history would see some parallels between NDC and Alliance
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