Details Of NNPP’s Meeting Where Kwankwaso Was Suspended

The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, was on Tuesday suspended by the party’s Board of Trustees.

Naija News had earlier reported that Kwankwaso was suspended for alleged anti-party activities.

The BoT also suspended the National Working Committee of the party.

The party appointed new national officers led by Dr. Agbo Major as acting National Chairman and Mr. Ogini Olaposi as acting National Secretary with 18 others.

The Secretary of the BoT, Babayo Muhammed Abdulahi, while addressing newsmen after the meeting, accused Kwankwaso of hobnobbing with President Bola Tinubu, the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, without the board’s authorisation.

Abdullahi announced that Kwankwaso had been stripped of the NNPP national leader status by the board.

The secretary of the BoT said the purported suspension of the NNPP founder was a flagrant 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 the new BoT Secretary, while High Chief Tony Obioha was elected as BoT spokesperson

Abdullahi said the pre-election Memorandum of Understanding signed with the Kwankwasia Movement, The National Movement and the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders had been rendered void by the actions of the NWC.

He said, “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, suggesting 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 Kwankwasia, 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.”

The acting chairman said his team would hit the ground running by healing the wounds created by the suspended NWC members.

Major said the party would remain the most ordinary friendly party in the country and urged other members who are displaced for one reason or the other to return to its fold.

“We don’t intend to shut anybody out or censor anybody but we want to ensure that we remain on track and maintain our people-oriented ideology,” he said