No Division Among Party Members, NNPP Insists

The National Working Committee, NWC of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP has reiterated that there is no division among party members across the country.

The acting National Chairman of NNPP, Mallam Abba-Kawu Ali stated this while briefing newsmen in Abuja.

Mallam Ali who dismissed reports that the party has been factionalised, explained that those who have been suspended from the party do not have the constitutional powers to expel the party’s candidate for the February 25th Presidential candidate, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso.

“We wish to reiterate that our NWC is intact, except the former National Publicity Secretary alongside with his cohorts, who have been expelled by a properly constituted National Executive Committee (NEC)”.

On his part, the National Auditor and Chairman, Disciplinary Committee of the party, Oladipo Johnson said “As you are aware some members of NNPP, based on allegations of anti-Party activities during the 2023 General elections, were properly investigated and sanctions applied in line with the letters of our Constitution. About Ten (10) of them, along with Dr. Boniface Aneibonam and our former National Publicity Secretary, Dr. Major Agbo who gathered in Apapa, Lagos and claimed to have dissolved the properly constituted National Working Committee (NWC) of the Party.

“For the records, this present NWC was constituted and inaugurated on April 2022 for a period of four (4) years at a ceremony witnessed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The process of removing any member of the NWC is very clear in our Constitution and no organ of the Party has the power to dissolve the NWC, not even the Board of Trustees which is yet to be formally constituted.

“The results of our investigations have made it very clear that some external forces, scared of the 2027 elections, are behind these recalcitrant persons and their main target no doubt is Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso.

“To this end, the NNPP as a PARTY approached the Court to help restore sanity in the polity. It is an open secret that these former members are not backed by law in all they are doing. The arrow heads of this onslaught have ceased to be members of the Party by virtue of their suspension/expulsion” he added.

He however stressed that in view of the backing they are getting from the opposition, the party used the law to protect the sanctity of the party.

“Therefore, the party, in a Suit No: K/M1157/2023 on the 4th day of September 2023 has been granted an interim order of injunction, pending the determination of the Motion on Notice which stops the Defendants, by themselves, their Agents, Cronies, and whosoever acting through or for them from parading themselves, issuing press releases, granting interviews etc as Officers, Leaders, or members of the party.

Meanwhile, the former National Chairman of the party,  Professor Rufa’i Ahmed Alkali has dumped the party, describing recent developments in the Party with factions working against each other as unfortunate  and counter-productive.

Georgina Humphrey, Edited By Grace Namiji