The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has announced the immediate dissolution of party executives in six states over anti-party activities. NNPP’s national publicity secretary, Dr Agbo Major, made the announcement during a media briefing at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja on Friday.
Agbo said the dissolution came as a result of thorough investigations carried out in nine states by a 7-man Disciplinary Committee set up by the National Working Committee (NWC) under the leadership of the acting chairman, Alhaji Abba Kawu Alli. He added that after extensive deliberations on the report, serious cases of gross anti-party activities were established against critical officers of the party in the affected states.
The affected states are Enugu State where the state governorship candidate, Cajetan Eze and the senatorial candidate, Enugu North, Professor Onyeka A. Onyeka have been suspended, Ekiti, Rivers, Niger, Katsina Kaduna and Zamfara States.
According to the spokesperson, the dissolution which cut across state, local and ward executives in the affected states, is in line with the party’s Constitution 2022 as amended.
“Following petitions and complaints received from the New Nigeria People’s Party’s state chapters after the general election, the National Working Committee (NWC) set up a 7-man Disciplinary Committee to carry out investigation into alleged anti-party activities.
“The Committee painstakingly investigated issues raised in the petitions and complaints from June till today, Friday 28th July 2023, when the full report on nine (9) States already concluded was presented to the National Working Committee during its seating earlier today. The Disciplinary Committee gave ample room to both petitioners and petitioned to respond to issues raised in the petitions and complaints.
“Serious cases of gross anti-party activities were established against critical officers of the party in the affected states and after extensive deliberations on the report, the National Working Committee under the Acting National Chairman, Alhaji Abba Kawu-Ali took the following decisions: immediate dissolution of all Executives across all levels from state, Local Government and Ward, in line with the party’s Constitution 2022 as amended in the following states, Enugu State where the state governorship candidate, Cajetan Eze, the senatorial candidate, Enugu North, Professor Onyeka A. Onyeka are hereby suspended, Ekiti State, Rivers State, Niger State, Katsina State, Kaduna State and Zamfara State.
“Also, a 5-man Caretaker Committee is hereby constituted with effect from today, 28th July 2023 to run the affairs of the party in the affected states and in view of the forthcoming governorship election in Imo State and Local Government elections in Oyo State from where serious petitions were also received, the National Working Committee decided to step down action until the elections are conducted, but directs that all vacant positions in Imo state be immediately filled in accordance with the provisions of the party Constitution.”
While urging its members to remain calm as the party is being repositioned and strengthened in its quest for a new and better Nigeria, the party called on the Independent National Electoral Commission to conduct free, fair, credible and inclusive gubernatorial elections in Kogi, Imo and Bayelsa States in November this year.
