The New Nigeria Peoples Get together, NNPP, has known as on the Unbiased Nationwide Electoral Fee, INEC, and Nigerians to ignore purported congresses by the Kwankwasiya Motion led by Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso, describing it as unconstitutional.
The Nationwide Secretary of the occasion, Mr Ogini Olaposi, in a press release on Monday, mentioned the NNPP Courtroom ordered congresses had been held and concluded.
Recall that the Kwankwaso-led group, in a letter to INEC, knowledgeable the fee of its plans to conduct recent congresses cum conference, starting from November 25, to January 2026, for the NNPP.
The occasion said that the group can’t conduct congresses on its behalf because the Memorandum of Affiliation entered into with it within the build-up to the 2023 presidential election had lengthy expired.
The occasion famous that Kwankwaso, the NNPP 2023 presidential candidate, and a few members of the Kwankwasiya group remained expelled from its fold for anti-party actions.
“We’re nonetheless amazed {that a} man of Kwankwaso’s standing will insist on hijacking a celebration that gave it a smooth touchdown to contest the 2023 presidential election free of charge,” the assertion mentioned.
In accordance with the occasion, INEC should reside as much as its tasks by obeying court docket orders and importing the genuine management of the occasion on its web site.
