Agbo Major Faction Of NNPP Demands Accountability for Over N1Billion

The Agbo Major led faction of the New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP, has demanded for the account of over N1 billion raised from the sale of forms in the last general election.

This is contained in a statement signed by the acting national publicity secretary of Agbo Major’s faction, Abdulsalam Abdulrasaq, in Abuja.

According to the statement monies acquired from the sales of presidential, governorship, senatorial, House of Representatives and Houses of Assembly form by the Abba Kawu Alli-led faction has not being accounted for.

“The new leadership of New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) under Dr Agbo Gilbert Major had its maiden meeting at the Abuja National Secretariat and after a review of the situation resulting from the gross mismanagement of the party in the past one year came out with the following resolutions; to conduct a thorough probe into the mismanagement of well over one billion naira (N1b) raised from the sale of forms to aspirants between March 2022 and today”

It adds that if no proper accountability it will resolve to inviting relevant security agencies to properly examine the accounts of the party.

“The meeting resolved to invite relevant security agencies to properly examine the accounts of the party with a view to demanding explanations from the party’s presidential candidate, the party’s chairman who left in March 2023, the sacked acting chairman and the National Secretary. This is to restore confidence of party members/candidates who came forward with their hard earned money to purchase forms” it adds.

The statement also confirms its withdrawal from the Memorandum Of Understanding (MoU) signed by it with the Kwankwasiya Movement and TNM insisting that the principles of the two groups were mainly to hijack the NNPP to favour Kwakwanso in contrary to what the idea of the party stands for.

It also accuses Alhaji Buba Galadima of corruption and illegal imposition of candidates, queried the rationale behind citing the situation room of the NNPP in Kwakwanso’s personal house and as well as the presentation of Kwakwanso as the sole presidential candidate during the elections which it said is against NNPP’s spirit of fairness and equity.

It notes that the illegal location situation room created room for the massive corruption and manipulation, leading to imposition of candidates by Buba Galadima and his co-travellers.

It also resolved to set up a Committee to launch a probe into it and therefore called for written complaints from aggrieved candidates who were shortchanged after making payments for forms into the party’s account.

“The party resolved to query the rationale behind the denial of other presidential aspirants the right to purchase form and participate in the primary election that illegally produced Senator Rabiu Musa Kwakwanso which was against the spirit of fairness and equity which our great party preaches”

It stresses that the NNPP, seen at a point in Nigeria political system prior the 2023 general elections as the Third Force, has been embroiled in leadership tussle over party’s leadership with accusations and counter-accusations from both factions leading to the suspension and expulsion of Agbo Major and the founder of the party, Chief Boniface Aniebonam and the party’s presidential candidate in the February 25 presidential election, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwakwanso.

The statement calls on its numerous members and supporters to remain calm in the face of this brazen assault of the Kwankwasiya movement whose members were erroneously made to believe the party is sold to them while calling on all aggrieved and displaced members who left for whatever reason to return home.

By Georgina Humphrey