Former Bayelsa State Governor and National Leader of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Senator Henry Seriake Dickson, has hosted founding members, leaders and associates of the Alliance for Democracy (AD) at a reunion in Abuja.
Dickson disclosed this in a post on his X handle on Saturday, saying the gathering brought together political leaders who played roles in Nigeria’s democratic struggle and the emergence of the current democratic dispensation.
He recalled that Nigeria had only three registered political parties when the current democratic era began in 1998/1999, adding that his political journey started during the period as the founding State Chairman of the AD before he later became the party’s National Legal Adviser.
Among those who attended the reunion were one of the founding fathers of the AD, Chief Michael Odurinde; Prof. Udenta Udenta, the party’s founding National Secretary; and Dr Manzo Abubakar, former Protem National Publicity Secretary and leader of the AD Northern Caucus.
Dickson said the reunion provided an opportunity for the former AD leaders to reminisce about their contributions to Nigeria’s democratic development.
