Stakeholders and prominent members of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) will meet in Abuja by the end of this month to discuss critical internal issues affecting the party.
This was contained in a statement by the party’s National Secretary, Mr Oginni Olaposi Sunday, released on Sunday in Abuja. According to the statement, all party leaders and elders across the country are expected to attend.
“Critical issues affecting the 23-year-old political party will be discussed, and strong decisions taken to further reinforce the expulsion of Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, Elder Buba Galadima, and the entire national working committee led by Dr Ahmed Ajuji,” the statement said.
It added that the assemblage remained very important to the leadership of the NNPP for the advancement of democracy and the development of the party ahead of the 2027 general elections.
“The personal commitment of all stakeholders and elders, in terms of capacity and participation, shall be of great advantage to the success of the meeting.
“All members, most especially those holding very sensitive positions of great responsibilities, are compulsorily mandated to attend this coming meeting.
“All elected members on the platform of the NNPP should equally understand the consequences of anti-party activities ahead of the 2027 general election if they boycott the meeting.
“And for the records, Kwankwaso, Galadima, and the entire members of the former National Working Committee, led by Dr Ahmed Ajuji, remain expelled from the NNPP.
“Also, the Governor of Kano State, Abba Yusuf, remains suspended till December.”
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According to the national secretary, the NNPP constitution is supreme to all members, without prejudice to the grundnorm of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
He said: “It is our hope that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), under the leadership of Professor Mahmud Yakubu, would take responsibility to respect the essence of internal democracy and its inherent objectives for the growth and sustenance of democracy in Nigeria.
“We regret to note that a person like Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, who was once a minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, twice Governor of Kano State, a senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, a member of the House of Representatives, and a presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party in 2023, can bring this kind of avoidable shame to Nigeria, and in particular, Kano State.
“This is because betrayal of trust in the name or guise of doing politics is evil. Whatever it is, our belief is that the earlier discovery of the persons of Senator Kwankwaso and Elder Galadima’s character is an act of God.
“This is because the two gentlemen would have betrayed the trust of Nigerians if Kwankwaso had won the presidential seat of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2023. We thank God Almighty for His intervention.”
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