A faction of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, under the leadership of Major Agbo has expelled the presidential candidate of the party, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, over his alleged anti-party activities and misappropriation of party campaign funds. Kwankwaso’s expulsion was announced in a statement released in Abuja today by NNPP factional National Publicity Secretary, Abdulsalam Abdulrasaq. The development is coming barely three days after the factional leaders vowed to probe the former Kano state governor and some of his loyalists over the alleged misappropriation of over 1 billion naira generated from the sale of nomination forms.
But Abdulrasaq affirmed that the decision to expel Kwankwaso with immediate effect was taken after he failed to appear before the disciplinary
panel to defend himself over the allegations of ‘gross anti-party activities and mismanagement of party campaign funds within five days.’ The spokesman however reiterated that, his expulsion was done in line with the provisions of the party constitution 2022 as amended.
Chidozie Chima | September 12, 2024
