Acting Chairman of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Abba Ali, has refuted the trending news that the presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, Rabiu Kwankwso, is suspended from the party.
The NNPP has been rocked by crisis recently as its National Working Committee (NWC) dissolved seven state executive committees as well as the founder and Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Boniface Aniebonam, and the National Publicity Secretary, Agbo Major.
The national leader of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, was conspicuously absent as his party held its National Executive Committee meeting in Abuja Tuesday afternoon to ratify the expulsion of the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Boniface Aniebonam, and the National Publicity Secretary, Agbo Major, and 14 others.
The meeting, which had the Governor of Kano State, Abba Yusuf, and the Speaker of the Kano State House of Assembly, Jibrin Falgore, in attendance, was held at the Bolingo Hotel, Abuja.
A parallel meeting of the expelled members was held in Lagos.
The NEC alleged they were expelled for forming a parallel board with the NWC and SEC.
The national chairman of the party, Abba Ali, said the NEC was aimed at restructuring the party.
He said a seven-member disciplinary committee was set up by the NWC, whose report led to the suspension of the state executive committees.
Ali urged those who have won elections on the platform of the party to be good ambassadors as well as emulate Kwankwaso.
He also said the meeting intended to change the logo of the party, saying there was a need to deliberate on the issue so that collectively an acceptable logo could be unveiled.
