The New Nigeria Peoples Party’s (NNPP) Board of Trustees has suspended Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso for alleged anti-party activity.
Kwankwaso, the candidate of the party in the February 25 Presidential election was suspended along with the National Working Committee (NWC), and some members of the party.
The suspension is for six months is said to run for six months.
The political party also named new national offices, appointing Dr. Agbo Major as acting national chairman and Mr. Ogini Olaposi as acting national secretary.
Speaking to journalists at the end of the meeting in Lagos on Tuesday, Secretary of the BoT, Babayo Muhammed Abdulahi, accused Kwankwaso of frolicking 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 approval.
Abdullahi announced that Kwankwaso had been stripped off his leadership status.
The alleged suspension of the NNPP founder, according to the secretary of the BoT, is for flagrant and severe breach of the party’s constitution.
He highlighted 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 the BoT spokesperson.
The NWC’s actions, according to Abdulahi, rendered the pre-election Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) inked with the Kwankwasia Movement, the National Movement (TNM), and the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) null and void.
Abdulahi 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 and suggested political discussions with the President, Atiku, and Obi without authorization from the board.
“This has earned him a six-month suspension pending the outcome of the investigation by the Disciplinary Committee.
“The BOT insisted that the avoidable violation of the MoU between NNPP on the one hand and Kwankwasiyya, TNM, and NAGAFF on the other has no other choice than to withdraw from the partnership.
“It is therefore necessary to state clearly that the MoU has been rendered void,” he said.
