The New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP candidate in the February 25 Presidential election, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has been suspended.

The NNPP Board of Trustees, BoT suspended Senator Kwankwaso for alleged anti-party activities.

The BoT also suspended the National Working Committee of the party.

It also appointed new national officers headed by Dr. Agbo Major as acting National Chairman and Mr. Ogini Olaposi as acting National Secretary with 18 others.

The suspension is for six months.

The suspension was put to a voice vote by members of the party at its Special General Assembly, held at the Rockview Hotels in Apapa.

The National Working Committee of the party had on Thursday, August 24, 2023, announced the suspension of the founder of the party, Dr Boniface Aniebonam and the National Publicity Secretary, Major.

Addressing newsmen at the end of the meeting in Lagos this Tuesday, August 29, 2023, the Secretary of the BoT, Babayo Muhammed Abdullahi, accused Kwankwaso of hobnobbing with President Bola Tinubu, the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, without the board’s authorisation.

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Abdullahi announced that Kwankwaso 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 democratic gross violation of the party’s constitution.

He pointed out that Aniebonam had resigned as the BoT Chairman and a new BoT Chairman, Dr Tope Aluko was elected with Abdullah as new BoT Secretary, while High Chief Tony Obioha was elected as BoT Spokesperson.

Abdullahi said the pre-election Memorandum of Understanding signed with the Kwankwasia Movement, the National Movement and National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders had been rendered void by the actions of the NWC.

Abdullahi 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, suggesting political discussions with the President, Atiku and Obi without authorisation from the board.

” This has earned him six months suspension pending the outcome of an investigation by the Disciplinary Committee.”