The collective of state chairmen from the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has initiated legal proceedings against the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party.....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶
This action comes in response to what they perceive as the unlawful dissolution of executive councils in ten states. Additionally, the forum has accused former NNPP presidential candidate, Engr. Rabiu Musa Kwakwaso, of engaging in anti-party activities that negatively impacted the party’s performance in the 2023 presidential election.
The NNPP state chairmen, representing the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, assert that Kwakwaso’s alleged efforts to exert control over the party’s structures have led to unconstitutional decisions facilitated by certain NWC members….CONTINUE READING
They deem the dissolution of state, local government, and ward executives in ten states as a violation of the party’s constitution.
Speaking on behalf of the forum in Ado Ekiti, Mr Dada Olayinka Olabode, the spokesperson and Ekiti State NNPP chairman, emphasized that the dissolved structures had been duly elected through congresses, making the actions of the NWC unconstitutional.
He added that the forum’s members who opposed Kwakwaso’s influence were summoned before a disciplinary panel by the NWC.
Olabode highlighted the forum’s legal action, indicating that the improperly constituted NWC has been summoned to appear in court on September 19, 2023, in a case presided over by Justice Aladejana of High Court 3 of Ekiti State High Court.
The NNPP state chairmen’s spokesperson underlined the alleged violations of the party’s constitution, specifically referencing articles related to the party’s organizational structure and the improper alteration of the constitution by the NWC.
Regarding Kwakwaso’s alleged anti-party activities, Olabode linked his association with the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to a decline in the NNPP’s performance across the board during the presidential election.
