The board of trustees (BoT) of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) on Tuesday suspended its presidential candidate during the February 25 presidential election, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, over alleged involvement in anti-party activities.
According to NAN, the suspension of Kwankwaso was announced at the end of a meeting held in Lagos, whereby the party’s BoT said that Kwankwaso’s rest is for six months.
The BoT also suspended the national working committee (NWC) of the part. At the same time, it appointed new officers, which included Agbo Major as the acting national chairman, Ogini Olaposi as the acting national secretary, and 18 others to different positions.
Babayo Muhammed Abdullahi, secretary of the BoT, while speaking with journalists after the meeting, accused Kwankwaso of engaging in political discussions with President Bola Tinubu, Atiku Abubakar of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP), without the board’s authorisation.
Abdullahi said the party’s BoT has stripped Kwankwaso of national leader recognition, adding that the memorandum of understanding signed by different groups in the party in the build to the 2023 election has been voided.
“The BoT decided that material evidence in the public sector affirmed that Kwankwaso was involved in anti-party activities in various meetings, suggesting political discussions with the President, Atiku and Obi without authorisation from the board,” NAN quoted Abdullahi as saying.
“This has earned him six months suspension pending the outcome of the investigation by the disciplinary committee.”