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By Iheanyi Chukwudi
Presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People's Party (NNPP), in the February 25general election, Send. Rabiu Musa Kwankwoso, has been suspended from the party by the Board of Trustees (BoT).
The BoT who also suspended members of the National Working Committee (NWC), of the party, said Kwankwoso was suspended for alleged anti-party activities.
Stating that the suspension is for six months, the BoT appointed new national officers headed by Dr Agbo Major as Acting National Chairman and Mr Ogini Olaposi as the Acting National Secretary.
The BoT Secretary, Babayo Muhammed Abdulahi who addressed newsmen on Tuesday at the end of their meeting in Lagos, accused Kwankwaso of hobnobbing 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 authorisation.
Kwankwaso, he announced, 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 new BoT Secretary, while High Chief Tony Obioha was elected as BoT spokesperson.
Abdulahi said the pre-election Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with Kwankwasia Movement, The National Movement (TNM) and National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders, (NAGAFF) had been rendered void by the actions of the NWC.
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, suggest 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 Kwankwasiyya, 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,” he said.
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