The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, on Tuesday, 29 August, 2023, announced the suspension of its Presidential Candidate in the February 25 presidential election, Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, over alleged anti-party activities.
BoT also suspended the National Working Committee, NWC, members of the party, just as it also appointed new national officers headed by Dr Agbo Major as acting National Chairman and Mr Ogini Olaposi as the Acting National Secretary. Their suspension, according to BoT, is for six months.
BoT Secretary, Babayo Muhammed Abdulahi, stated this to newsmen at the end of the party’s meeting held in Lagos on Tuesday.
Abdullahi accused Kwankwaso of hobnobbing with President Bola Tinubu, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) Mr. Peter Obi, without the board’s authourisation.
Abdullahi announced that Kwankwaso had been stripped of the NNPP national leader status by the board.
According to him, the purported suspension of the NNPP founder was aflagrant gross violation of the party’s constitution.
He pointed out that Aniebonam had resigned as the BoT chairman and a new BoT Chairman, Dr Chief Tope Aluko was elected with Abdulahi as new BoT Secretary, while High Chief Tony Obioha was elected as BoT spokesperson.
Abdulahi said the pre-election Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with Kwankwasia Movement, The National Movement (TNM) and National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders, (NAGAFF) had been rendered void by the actions of the NWC.
“The purported suspension of the founder is a flagrant gross violation of the NNPP constitution such that it is tantamount to recklessness and irresponsibility on the part of the incompetent NWC.
“The BoT decided that material evidence in the public sector affirmed that Kwankwaso was involved in anti-party activities in various meetings, suggest political discussions with the President, Atiku and Obi without authorisation from the board.
“This has earned him six months suspension pending the outcome of investigation by the Disciplinary Committee.
“The BOT insisted that the avoidable violation of MoU between NNPP on the one part and Kwankwasiyya, TNM and NAGAFF on the other has no other choice than to withdraw from the partnership.
“It is therefore to state clearly that the MoU have been rendered void,” he said.
The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, on Tuesday, 29 August, 2023, announced the suspension of its Presidential Candidate in the February 25 presidential election, Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, over alleged anti-party activities.
BoT also suspended the National Working Committee, NWC, members of the party, just as it also appointed new national officers headed by Dr Agbo Major as acting National Chairman and Mr Ogini Olaposi as the Acting National Secretary. Their suspension, according to BoT, is for six months.
BoT Secretary, Babayo Muhammed Abdulahi, stated this to newsmen at the end of the party’s meeting held in Lagos on Tuesday.
Abdullahi accused Kwankwaso of hobnobbing with President Bola Tinubu, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) Mr. Peter Obi, without the board’s authourisation.
Abdullahi announced that Kwankwaso had been stripped of the NNPP national leader status by the board.
According to him, the purported suspension of the NNPP founder was aflagrant gross violation of the party’s constitution.
He pointed out that Aniebonam had resigned as the BoT chairman and a new BoT Chairman, Dr Chief Tope Aluko was elected with Abdulahi as new BoT Secretary, while High Chief Tony Obioha was elected as BoT spokesperson.
Abdulahi said the pre-election Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with Kwankwasia Movement, The National Movement (TNM) and National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders, (NAGAFF) had been rendered void by the actions of the NWC.
“The purported suspension of the founder is a flagrant gross violation of the NNPP constitution such that it is tantamount to recklessness and irresponsibility on the part of the incompetent NWC.
“The BoT decided that material evidence in the public sector affirmed that Kwankwaso was involved in anti-party activities in various meetings, suggest political discussions with the President, Atiku and Obi without authorisation from the board.
“This has earned him six months suspension pending the outcome of investigation by the Disciplinary Committee.
“The BOT insisted that the avoidable violation of MoU between NNPP on the one part and Kwankwasiyya, TNM and NAGAFF on the other has no other choice than to withdraw from the partnership.
“It is therefore to state clearly that the MoU have been rendered void,” he said.
