2027: Why Seriake Dickson’s NDC can’t be a viable ruling party

Senator Seriake Dickson, founder and leader of the Nigerian 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, can the pa...