Kano NNPP N’Meeting members assault Kwankwaso, reject suspension

The New Nigeria Peoples Party, Kano State chapter, on Monday, introduced the suspension of 4 of its Nationwide Meeting members for alleged anti-party actions.

The Kano  State NNPP Chairman, Alhaji Hashimu Dungurawa, named the 4 affected federal lawmakers as Senator Kawu Sumaila, Ali Madakin Gini, Sani  Rogo, and Kabiru Rurum.

However in a joint assertion, the federal lawmakers dismissed the suspension, which they described as unlawful.

The lawmakers described the Kano NNPP Chairman, Dangurawa, as “a political puppet of Rabiu Kwankwaso, (who) lacks any credibility to talk on NNPP issues.”

They wrote: “His ( Dungurawa) so-called ‘suspension’ of Senator Suleiman Abdurrahman Kawu Sumaila, Hon. Kabiru Alhassan Rurum,  Aliyu Sani Madakin Gini, and Hon. Sani Abdullahi Rogo is nothing however a fraudulent political gimmick designed to deceive the general public and distract from the monumental failures of Kwankwaso’s faction.

“The reality stays that the Abia Excessive Court docket judgment of November 1, 2024, affirmed Dr. Boniface Aniebonam as the one legally acknowledged NNPP chief, expelling Kwankwaso and his loyalists. Their continued try to impose themselves on the occasion is nothing greater than an act of political desperation.”

The federal lawmakers, due to this fact, known as on the general public to reject “this circus of lies and deceit as we stay dedicated to strengthening the NNPP beneath its reputable management and making certain that the occasion serves the individuals, not the egocentric ambitions of Kwankwaso and his cronies.”

The argue that politics must be about service, integrity, and improvement, “not a instrument for vendettas and dictatorship.”

“Sadly, in Kano State, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has turned the NNPP into his private empire—one which disregards occasion unity, democratic ideas, and even primary courtesy.

“His refusal to attend the marriage of Senator Suleiman Abdulrahman Kawu Sumaila’s daughters and the convocation of Al-Istiqama College, Sumaila, regardless of formal invites, exposes his deep-seated political insecurity.

“His deliberate absence, particularly within the presence of APC Nationwide Chairman, Dr. Abdullahahi Umar Ganduje, Deputy Senate President Senator Barau Jibrin, former Governor Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, and different nationwide figures, was a petty and calculated try to undermine political opponents.

“But, somewhat than specializing in governance or constructing the occasion, Kwankwaso has weaponised division and manipulation. His failed grip on the NNPP is obvious in his endorsement of Hashimu Suleiman Dungurawa and his illegitimate faction—now resorting to laughable techniques like issuing a baseless ‘suspension’ of occasion leaders.

“This reckless transfer is not only unlawful; it’s a determined act by a faction that has already been expelled from the NNPP and holds no authority by any means,” the federal lawmakers acknowledged.

Earlier on Monday, the Kano NNPP chairman had stated the 4 federal lawmakers had been suspended for hobnobbing with opposition figures.

Dungurawa stated, “These members had been elected beneath the NNPP platform however have not too long ago been performing opposite to the occasion’s needs, beliefs and values,’’ the occasion chairman stated.

Dungurawa stated the suspended members got complementary tickets in the course of the occasion elections however started to work towards the occasion’s pursuits after being elected.

He cited a current occasion the place Sumaila inaugurated initiatives at his college in Sumaila with out inviting occasion members as a sign of anti-party actions.

Dungurawa expressed shock that “the attendees on the ceremony had been largely people who had labored towards Kawu up to now, whereas no occasion members had been invited.”

He defined {that a} committee can be set as much as examine the difficulty and handle it as soon as and for all.

Regardless of the suspension, Dungurawa acknowledged, “There may be nonetheless room for dialogue, and if the suspended members repent and search forgiveness, the occasion might think about reinstating them.”