The New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and Nigerians to disregard purported congresses by the Kwankwasiya Movement led by Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso, describing it as unconstitutional.
The National Secretary of the party, Mr Ogini Olaposi, in a statement on Monday, said the NNPP Court ordered congresses had been held and concluded.
Recall that the Kwankwaso-led group, in a letter to INEC, informed the commission of its plans to conduct fresh congresses cum convention, beginning from November 25, to January 2026, for the NNPP.
The party stated that the group cannot conduct congresses on its behalf as the Memorandum of Association entered into with it in the build-up to the 2023 presidential election had long expired.
The party noted that Kwankwaso, the NNPP 2023 presidential candidate, and some members of the Kwankwasiya group remained expelled from its fold for anti-party activities.
“We are still amazed that a man of Kwankwaso’s standing will insist on hijacking a party that gave it a soft landing to contest the 2023 presidential election for free,” the statement said.
According to the party, INEC must live up to its responsibilities by obeying court orders and uploading the authentic leadership of the party on its website.
