From Okwe Obi, Abuja
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), has lambasted the All Progressives Congress (APC) for appointing former Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje as its chairman.
This is even as the party defended its national leader Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso from insurrection from the Ganduje, in Kano.
NNPP National Auditor, Ladipo Johnson, who spoke after their National Working Committee (NWC) meeting, in Abuja argued that Kwankwaso was far ahead of the APC National Chairman politically, following Ganduje’s remarks that he was never a political son of Kwankwaso.
He said there was no basis to compare Ganduje with Kwankwaso because the later is miles ahead and better than the new APC National Chairman.
He added, “The party performed very well in the 2023 general elections given the fact that from its formation to the election proper was less than one year.
“Apart from winning seats in both the National and State Assemblies, the party also won the Governorship election in Kano state.
“The party is the third party in the National Assembly after the APC and the PDP.”
He explained that the NWC meeting was called to take a stock of its achievements and where it is supposed to be in the next coming years.
“Nine states were said to have been involved in anti-party activities, but eight were found guilty by the Disciplinary Committee. Ogun, Katsina, Delta, Zamfara, Rivers, Enugu and some others
The states executives especially the Chairmen have been suspended and interim leadership to run the affairs of the party before the Caretaker Committees would be set up.
“However, in the case of Ogun and Delta states, the Chairmen have been expelled and very soon we will begin to expose what they have been doing to undermine the party.”
He added that in the context of repositioning the party for service delivery to the country, some of the states affected did not even have enough members to form a leadership.
Further on his part, Johnson said the party was doing well and in a very strong position, there is no issue with the party.
He further added that some of the people alleged to have been writing negative things about the party are free because they are not even members of the party.
On the allegations that some members will soon take the party back, he said, “there is nothing like taking the party back because nobody has taken the party away from anyone in the first place.
“NWC will be ready to take hard and strong decisions to protect the party and that means that anyone that steps out of order would be whipped in or be shown the exit door.
“Going forward the party will be dwelling on social issues that will benefit the people of Nigeria. The party is united and as a family.”
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