{"id":57093,"date":"2024-11-27T11:07:37","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T11:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=57093"},"modified":"2024-11-27T11:07:37","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T11:07:37","slug":"madaki-slams-kwankwasos-plot-to-remove-him-as-deputy-minority-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/11\/27\/madaki-slams-kwankwasos-plot-to-remove-him-as-deputy-minority-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Madaki Slams Kwankwaso\u2019s Plot to Remove Him as Deputy Minority Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Alexis Uchendu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Deputy Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Ali Madaki, has strongly rejected attempts to oust him from his position, describing the move as a desperate and futile plot orchestrated by former NNPP leader Rabiu Kwankwaso.<\/p>\n<p>Madaki&#8217;s defiance comes after the New Nigeria People&#8217;s Party (NNPP) caucus sought to remove him, a move he claims was driven by the party&#8217;s &#8220;sacked national leadership,&#8221; which remains loyal to Kwankwaso.<\/p>\n<p>In an exclusive interview, Madaki asserted that the action was rooted in &#8220;desperation taken too far,&#8221; and pointed out that the House of Representatives\u2019 Standing Orders clearly prohibit the caucus from making such a change.<\/p>\n<p>He cited Order 7, Rule 14, which states that only a majority vote by the member parties in the House can initiate a leadership change.<\/p>\n<p>Madaki also questioned the legitimacy of those backing the push to remove him, stressing that many of them were not bona fide NNPP members, especially after a recent court ruling that ousted Kwankwaso and his allies from the party.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Based on the court judgment, Kwankwaso is not a member of the NNPP,&#8221; he emphasized.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the pressure, Madaki remained confident and unbothered by what he called &#8220;propaganda tactics.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He further assured that the current leadership of NNPP, under Chief Boniface Aniebonam, would soon clarify the party\u2019s stance on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>The brewing conflict reflects deeper divisions within the NNPP, following recent leadership changes and internal power struggles, leaving the party\u2019s future direction uncertain.<\/p>\n<p>Madaki\u2019s defiance signals his resolve to hold onto his position, despite the mounting tensions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Alexis Uchendu The Deputy Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Ali Madaki, has strongly rejected attempts to oust him from his position, describing the move as a desperate and futile plot orchestrated by former NNPP leader Rabiu Kwankwaso. Madaki&#8217;s defiance comes after the New Nigeria People&#8217;s Party (NNPP) caucus sought to remove him, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":57094,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57093"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57095,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57093\/revisions\/57095"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}