OK Movement Rejects Dickson’s Description, Insists on Independence

The Obi-Kwankwaso Movement, commonly known as the OK Movement, has firmly rejected the assertion that it is merely a support group of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC). National Director-General Hon. John Ozyl Ughulu stated this in a recent statement, emphasizing that the OK Movement remains an independent political organization with its own structures and administration.

This rejection came shortly after NDC National Leader Senator Seriake Dickson described the OK Movement's activities as "unheard of" and "nonsensical." Dickson cautioned that support groups should not establish competing structures with the sponsoring political party. This remark followed the OK Movement's establishment of a 59-member Presidential Campaign Council to support NDC presidential candidate Peter Obi and his running mate, Rabiu Kwankwaso.

The NDC had earlier dissociated itself from the council, claiming its formation was not party-initiated. Ughulu rejected any attempts to redefine the OK Movement's identity or subordinate its organizational structures to the NDC. He clarified that while the Obidient Movement is a support movement, the OK Movement maintains its distinct identity and organizational autonomy.

Ughulu stated that the OK Movement is independently organized, managed, and structured and will continue to mobilize, campaign, vote for, and defend every legitimate vote cast for the NDC candidates while retaining control over its organizational machinery. He emphasized that cooperation between the movement and the NDC should not be misconstrued as organizational subordination and affirmed the movement's right to organize its members and establish its own campaign and mobilization structures.