
NNPP kicks kwankwanso out over refusal to appear before disciplinary committee
Paul Adigun. The National Executive Council (NEC) of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has expelled Senator Rabiu Kwankwanso for not showing up before the party disciplinary committee.
Senator Rabiu Kwankwanso who was the party’s flag bearer at the presidential election in February 2023 had first been suspended on the 29th of August due to alleged anti-party activities and mismanagement of nomination funds. Kwankwanso was then invited to the party’s disciplinary panel on September 1.
As a result, the Acting National Publicity Secretary of NNPP, Abdulsalam Abdulrasaq, said in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos, that the NEC had expelled Kwankwaso with immediate effect because of his refusal to honour the committee’s invitations.
In light of Kwankwaso’s unwillingness to accept the committee’s invitation, the Acting National Publicity Secretary of the NNPP, Abdulsalam Abdulrasaq, declared in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos that the NEC had expelled Kwankwaso with immediate effect.
Abdulsalam Abdulrasaq said: “The NEC met in an emergency session on Friday, September 1, and resolved as follows:
“Following the refusal of Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso to appear before the disciplinary committee which sat on Thursday, August 31 after being duly invited in writing, he is hereby expelled from NNPP with immediate effect.
“That the erstwhile presidential candidate, Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso will be reported to appropriate quarters to answer questions on financial impropriety relating to mismanagement of public funds.”
The crisis within the party escalated when members of the NWC loyal to Kwankwaso announced the suspension of the party’s founder, Dr. Boniface Aniebonam, and Dr. Agbo Major, the National Publicity Secretary, on August 24.