NNPP Dragged Kwankwaso To Court Over Anti-party Activities
POLITICS DIGEST- The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in the 2023 elections, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has been accused of working against the party’s interest during the last general elections.
The allegation was made by the forum of state chairmen of the party.
The NNPP state chairmen claimed that Kwakwaso was making an attempt to hijack the party structures and alleged that he was using members of the NWC to perpetrate illegalities and take unconstitutional decisions.
They also accused the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party of illegal dissolution of executive councils of the party in 10 states of the federation.
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Addressing journalists in Ado-Ekiti, yesterday, the spokesperson for the forum, Dada Olayinka Olabode who is also the Ekiti state chairman of NNPP, said, legal steps have been taken against Kwankwaso and the party’s NWC.
He said: “We have taken legal step to address this injustice against over 7000 members who went through congresses at the ward, local government and state levels in Ekiti state and also, about 100,000 elected officials of this party across the ten states and two other states where a clear pronouncement of expulsion has been pronounced.
“The Court in Ado Ekiti has served the party as represented by the improperly constituted NWC to appear before it on the 19th day of September, 2023. The case is before Justice Aladejana of High Court 3 of Ekiti State High Court”.
He added that “This action violated section article 2a of the constitution our party. It also fragrantly violated article 32. 1i, 39.0, 39.1i and 39.4 of the constitution of our noble party.
“The same improperly constituted NWC had made attempt twice to illegally doctor the constitution of the Party”.