The National Leadership of New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has cautioned Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso to stop using the party’s name for unwarranted attacks on the Presidency.
The Party’s National Publicity Secretary, Dr Oginni Olaposi said this in a statement on Sunday in Lagos.
Olaposi stated that the contract between the party and Kwankwaso, its presidential candidate in 2023 has ended.
He pointed out that the Memorandum of Understanding between the NNPP and the Kwankwasiya movement, led by Kwankwaso has been terminated long ago.
“Kwankwaso should stop parading himself as a member of our party to be attacking the All Progressives Congress and the Presidency, using the NNPP where he had long been expelled from.
“Kwankwaso has no position in the NNPP aside from being its candidate in 2023. The Leader of the NNPP remains Dr Boniface Aniebonam, Founder and Chairman, Board of Trustees of the party.
“Aniebonam founded and registered the NNPP in 2002 and do not engage in reckless statements against constituted authority in Nigeria.
Olaposi reiterated that Kwankwaso and his group have been expelled from the NNPP and that they should henceforth, refrain from using the name of the party for unwarranted attack on the Presidency.
” The alleged recent outburst and attack on the Personality of President Bola Tinubu by Kwankwaso and his expelled group are their views and not that of the NNPP.
“Recall that Kwankwaso on April 3, lost his suit against the NNPP led by Aniebonam and Dr Agbo Major led National Working Committee at an Abuja High Court.
“We feel pained and hereby tender an unreserved apology to Tinubu and the entire APC family led by Dr Abdulahi Ganduje for Kwankwaso’s utterances, insulting, maligning and abusing the President and APC led Federal Government of Nigeria.
“As a Vibrant and responsible political party, NNPP shall continue to contribute our own meaningful quota to the national development through constructive engagement on the policies of the incumbent government.
“The credentials of NNPP showed clearly that we are not out to play ” dirty politics”.
“All of these people including but not limited to Kwankwaso, Elder Buba Galadima and the defunct NWC members of NNPP led by Dr Ahmed Ajuji are not members of NNPP any longer. They stand expelled presently
“They have been expelled and ratified by the Abia State High Court and the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja declaratory judgments. We look forward to INEC amending their records to reflect the realities of court judgement
“These two judgments, including the authority of NNPP internal democracy decisions that expelled them cannot be over emphasised.”
We therefore, appeal to the general public and the media to stop referring to kwankwaso in-particular, as the leader of NNPP..
“It is most unfortunate and regrettable that the best at which he could be referred to is ” Kwankwasia group leader noting that nnpp is a registered political party, and not a trading company.
