- NNPP’s National Chairman, Ahmed Ajuji, confirmed in a statement on April 18 that Governor Yusuf remains an active and valued member of the party
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) clarified that Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has not been suspended, contrary to media reports.
The confusion arose after a faction of the NNPP’s Board of Trustees announced a six-month suspension due to alleged anti-party activities.
However, NNPP’s National Secretary, Comrade Oginni Olaposi Sunday, mentioned that Yusuf had been summoned by a disciplinary committee, which he failed to attend.
Despite this, NNPP’s National Chairman, Ahmed Ajuji, confirmed in a statement on April 18 that Governor Yusuf remains an active and valued member of the party.
Ajuji said: “For record purposes, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf is a bonafide member of our great party and a worthy ambassador of NNPP whose leadership and unprecedented achievements in Kano state are a thing of pride to us, and as such we have no reason to suspend him. In essence, the NNPP did not suspend our Governor.
“Nigerians were amused early this week when expelled political comedians, hirelings, and clowns craving for relevance announced the suspension of the party’s action Governor Abba Yusuf for attending the NNPP national convention.
“The jokers played back a cracked record and poorly scripted movie of suspension of the Kano State Governor as their sponsors and target audience no longer listen to the endless suspension and expulsion of His Excellency, Engr Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the National Leader of the party.
“These political jobbers were also the ones hired to scuttle Governor Abba Yusuf’s election at the Tribunal, Court of Appeal, and Supreme Court, falsely claiming that he was not duly and properly nominated by the party as its Candidate for the 2023 General election.
“To God be the glory, the Supreme Court Justices, in their own wisdom, saw through their lies and agreed with us and the INEC that Gov. ABBA Kabur Yusuf is a bonafide member of NNPP.
“These same set of people have at various times instituted several suits in court challenging the leadership of the party and tried to scuttle the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting and the National Convention held on Friday, April 5, 2024, and Sat6yrday, April 6, 2024.
“The court, being a temple of justice and beacon of hope for sustainable democracy in Nigeria, dismissed many of their suits, including the one which judgment was given earlier today.
“A Court even ordered them to stop parading themselves as party members, but because they don’t regard the law, they continue in their contemptuous activities.
“The grouse of these expelled members was the participation of NNPP candidates in various elective positions, in which the party won governorship, Senate, House of Representatives, and State House of Assembly seats. This boosted the electoral fortune of the NNPP, unlike before, when such positions were traded off for personal gains.
“The party is aware of their sponsors and their aim of destabilizing it. They have failed as NNPP keeps growing from strength to strength, expanding its frontiers in the nation’s political space.”