NNPP: Agbo’s emergence as caretaker committee chair laughable – Kawu

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NNPP: Agbo’s emergence as caretaker committee chair laughable – Kawu

…reiterates Kwankwaso’s position as national leader of the NNPP

The New Nigeria Peoples Party’s National Working Committee has wondered why it is not ridiculous that Dr. Abgo Major, who announced the suspension of the former chairmen, expulsion of two of them, and the dissolution of some of the states, is now supposedly “heading” their caretaker committee.

The NNPP said this on Wednesday at a press briefing held at the party’s secretariat in Abuja.

He insisted that Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso remained the leader of the party, had not been suspended, and that the NWC led by the party’s national chairman remained intact.

Addressing newsmen at the party’s national secretariat, the National Chairman, Kawu Ali, said that it was funny for all the jokers who were either expelled or suspended to claim to suspend Kwankwaso and to also dissolve the NWC.

The party’s National Working Committee suspended Dr. Boniface Aniebonam, its founder, and Dr. Agbo Major, the party’s national publicity secretary, for alleged anti-party conduct.

At a meeting in Lagos on Tuesday, a faction of the party announced the suspension of Kwankwaso and 18 other members and disbanded the NWC, elevating Major as acting National Chairman of the party.

Later that day, the Ali-led faction of the party in Abuja responded to the faction’s move and announced the suspension and expulsion of Aniebonam, the faction’s founder, and Agbo, the party’s national publicity secretary.

Ali noted, “Is it not laughable that Major Agbo, who announced the suspension of the former chairmen, the expulsion of two of them, and the dissolution of some of the states is now purportedly “heading” their caretaker Committee?

“We are using this medium to assure our supporters all over the country that there is no substance in the story. His Excellency, Sen. Rabių Musa Kwankwaso remains the face of the party, has not been suspended, and the NWC under Malam Abba Kawu Ali remains intact.

“Is it not funny that all those people either suspended or expelled would gather somewhere and claim to have suspended His Excellency, Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, and also dissolve the NWC? The jokers also appointed a CTC made up of those people who have ceased to be members of the party under our Constitution.

“It is just unfortunate that some people have reduced politics and party administration to a huge joke. The news that one person will sit somewhere and arrogate certain powers to himself is not permissible in a democracy.

While elucidating events of anti-party by the expelled officials, he pointed out that “during the last election, it was discovered that some of our state Excos engaged in anti-party activities as in the case of the erstwhile State Chairman of Ogun, going on radio to announce that NNPP has stepped down for the candidate of another party, when there was nothing like that.

“We had a case where another state chairman, after the March 11 election went on Facebook and congratulated himself for “delivering” his ward for another party. This prompted the decision of the NWC to commence disciplinary processes against some of these erring state excos. In line with our Constitution, on April 27, 2023, and July 28, 2023, about 10 states were axed with the excos dissolved right from the state to local governments down to the wards. Later, some of the chairmen were suspended,” he said.