The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has accused it’s presidential candidate in the February 25 election of anti-party activities.
The forum of state chairmen of the party has, therefore, instituted a legal action against the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party over illegal dissolution of executive councils of the party in 10 states of the federation.
The NNPP state chairmen who claimed that Kwakwaso was making an attempt to hijack the party structures alleged that he was using members of the NWC to perpetrate illegalities and take unconstitutional decisions.
Addressing newsmen in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital yesterday, the spokesperson of the forum across the 36 state of the federation and FCT, Mr Dada Olayinka Olabode said the dissolution of the state, local government ward executives of the party in 10 states was against the constitution of the party.
Dada, who is the Ekiti state chairman of NNPP, added that party leaders and members who have the temerity to challenge him (Kwakwaso) having observed his inordinate moves were consequently invited to a disciplinary panel by the NWC of the party.
“We have taken legal step to addressing this injustice against over 7000 members who went through congresses at the ward, local government and state levels in Ekiti state and also, about 100,000 elected officials of this party across the ten states and two other state where a clear pronouncement of expulsion has been pronounced.
“The Court in Ado Ekiti has served the party as represented by the improperly constituted NWC to appear before it on the on the 19th day of September, 2023. The case is before Justice Aladejana of High Court 3 of Ekiti State High Court”
On the alleged anti-party activities of Kwakwaso he said, “This stem from his unholy romance with the then candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
“The romance as of then before the presidential election largely affected the performance of the party across board.
“The party crisis was orchestrated by an attempt by the former presidential candidate of this party, Kwakwaso to hijack structures of the party after he was challenged about his anti-party activities.
“Panels were set up without observing the disciplinary procedures as enshrined in the party constitution, those accused across the ten states were neither availed a copy of the petition purportedly written against them nor given fair hearing.
“The NWC which in itself was improperly constituted made pronouncement albeit unconstitutionally and illegally on 28 of July , saying that the party structures across ten states of Enugu, Ekiti, Kaduna, Niger, Zamfara, Rivers and four other states have been dissolved.
“May it be known, that the NWC , having relied on the bias recommendations of the disciplinary committee which was improperly constituted and set up by them against the provisions of the party constitution made pronouncement to dissolve state, local government and ward executives in the ten states.”
