By Onilede Titi Faith
The National Chairman of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Agbo Major, says former presidential candidate Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has no authority to determine the party’s alliances ahead of the 2027 elections.
In a statement on Friday in Lagos, Major faulted Kwankwaso’s remarks at a Kwankwasiyya Movement meeting in Abuja, where the former Kano governor declared that the NNPP was open to alliances in 2027.
The NNPP has been engulfed in a leadership tussle since after the 2023 elections. While Kwankwaso and his Kwankwasiyya group claim control of the party, the Major-led executives insist their memorandum of understanding with him expired after the polls, adding that he was expelled for alleged anti-party activities.
Major dismissed the Abuja meeting as “null and void,” stressing that its resolutions could not override the party’s structure or court judgments affirming its leadership changes.
“Kwankwaso continues to use the NNPP name to negotiate and make statements capable of causing unrest.
“His recent comment accusing the federal government of neglecting the North is a clear example,” Major said.
He disclosed that the party is awaiting the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC), response to its request to update records with details of the new leadership from a court-ordered convention.
Warning Nigerians and political groups, Major said: “Anyone entering into an alliance with Kwankwaso and his Kwankwasiyya group in the name of NNPP does so at their own risk. Our party remains open to alliances, but not on the basis of personal vendettas.”
He added that the NNPP will provide equal opportunities for aspirants through mandatory primaries, stressing that the party would not allow a repeat of what it described as a “betrayal” in 2023.
