BREAKING: NNPP Expels Kwankwaso From Party

The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) National Executive Committee has ousted Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso due to his reported failure to attend a hearing before the party’s Disciplinary Committee.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recollects that Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso, who ran as the NNPP’s Presidential Candidate in 2023, had previously faced suspension by the party’s leadership during the National Convention held on August 29 in Lagos.

Recall that the National Executive Council (NEC) of the NNPP established a Disciplinary Committee and instructed them to extend an invitation to Kwankwaso within a five-day period to allow him to address allegations of severe anti-party activities and mismanagement of party/campaign funds.

The NEC had warned that failure to appear before the Disciplinary Committee, Kwankwaso would be expelled from the party in line with the provisions of the party’s constitution 2022 (as amended).

Consequently, Mr Abdulsalam Abdulrasaq, the Acting National Publicity Secretary of NNPP, said in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos, that the NEC had expelled Kwankwaso with immediate effect because of his refusal to honour the committee’s invitations.

Abdulrasaq said: “The NEC met in an emergency session on Friday, September 1 and resolved as follows:

“Following the refusal of Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso to appear before the disciplinary committee which sat on Thursday, August 31 after being duly invited in writing,  he is hereby expelled from NNPP with immediate effect.

“That the erstwhile presidential candidate, Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso will be reported to appropriate quarters to answer questions on financial impropriety relating to mismanagement of public funds.”

NAN reports that the crisis within the NNPP started when the NWC of the party loyal to Kwankwaso,  announced the suspension of the NNPP founder, Dr Boniface Aniebonam and the National Publicity Secretary, Dr Agbo Major on August 24.