Osun State chapter of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), on Friday, tackled the leadership of the party in some states for accusing the former governor of Kano State, Senator Rabiu Kwakwanso of alleged anti-party activities over his relationship with President Bola Tinubu.
In a press statement forwarded to Saturday Tribune by the chairman of NNPP in Osun, Mr Tosin Odeyemi, he contended that the long-standing relationship between Tinubu and Kwakwanso, who was the presidential candidate of the party on February 25 transcends politics, religious and ethnic consideration.
The seeming internal wrangling in the party commenced when the NNPP leadership party started what it is termed restructuring, thereby directing the executives of some state chapters that have petitioned against them to step aside for diligent investigation.
The affected states include Ekiti, Enugu, Niger, Kaduna, Katsina, Rivers and Zamfara states.
Some of the chairmen in these states alleged, after their dissolutions, that Kwakwanso in collaboration with some stakeholders in the party amended the constitution in their attempt to hijack the party’s structure.
However, Odeyemi cautioned the aggrieved chairmen to explore internal mechanisms and desist from actions capable of causing disunity among the NNPP in the country.
His statement read: “They claimed that Senator Kwankwaso and President Bola Tinubu are usually holding meetings, are they telling us that the longtime friendship between the duo should be jettisoned on the altar of politics?
“We, as state chairmen, have friends in other political parties and the cordial relationship is there, even though we have different political party members under the same roof. What is expected of them is to face the disciplinary committee with their defence, clear themselves of whatever allegations, but for them to feel they can malign Kwankwaso will not work.
“Senator Kwankwaso is our leader and we respect him so much. He brought prestige to our party and through his efforts, our party challenged the status quo in Kano State and we disgraced the ruling party with federal might, “the statement concluded.
Odeyemi also called on the chairman, Board of Trustees (BoT), Dr Okechukwu Aniebonam, to wade into the matter so as not to jeopardise the future of NNPP.
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