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The crisis in the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has deepened as the party’s Board of Trustees (BOT) declared the termination of the memorandum of understanding between the party, The Nigeria Movement and Kwankwansiya Movement.
The party’s presidential candidate, Musa Kwankwaso, was earlier suspended by a faction within the party over accusations of “anti-party activities” on Tuesday. The faction alleged that Kwankwaso, a former governor of Kano state, had clandestine meetings with President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) without the party’s approval.
The BOT, however, said it has withdrawn from the memorandum of understanding that was signed in February 2022, which made Kwankwaso the national leader of the party and Boniface Aniebonam, the founder of the party, the chairman of the BOT.
In a statement on Thursday, Abdullahi said the leaders of The Nigeria Movement and the Kwankwansiya Movement have been notified of the dissolution of their MOU, which he said was aimed at securing victory in the election.
He wished them well in their future endeavour and advised them to approach the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for registration as a political party.
He said: “Wearing a red cap as a member of the New Nigeria People’s Party is a very big embarrassment and avoidable violation of terms of understanding between NNPP and the Kwankwansiya movement. This is because the Kwankwansiya Movement is not a political party other than the New Nigeria Peoples Party.
“For the avoidance of doubts, Kwankwansiya movement, TNM are mere pressure groups under the canopy of NNPP and for the purposes of elections in Nigeria.
“Therefore and henceforth, wearing of red cap is not an appropriate dress code of NNPP during political activities. At this point, all members of the Kwankwasyia Movement are hereby informed that other than being deceived by their leaders, NNPP was not sold to the Kwankwasiya Movement or anybody or a group of persons.
“What we had was a mere memorandum of understanding with Kwankwansiya and TNM to work together for the purposes of winning elective positions. It is not an alliance because none of the group is a political party.
“The need to end marriage became necessary as parties in the memorandum of understanding have since withdrawn,” he added.