The Rabiu Kwankwaso-led faction of the New Nigeria People?s Party (NNPP), on Friday, rejected the recent convention that led to the election of Dr. Agbo Major as the party?s National Chairman.

The faction also denounced the convention as illegitimate and reaffirmed that the party?s National Working Committee (NWC), formed in 2022 under INEC supervision, remains the only lawful leadership body.

The National Chairman of NNPP, Dr. Ajuji Ahmed, disclosed this in Abuja during a press briefing, accusing expelled party members of attempting to hijack the party despite multiple court rulings prohibiting them from representing NNPP.

He dismissed their recent Lagos convention as a ?kangaroo gathering,? held in violation of a January 16, 2025, court injunction from the FCT High Court.

Ahmed said: ?Immediately after the 2023 general elections, some members of this party who openly engaged in anti-party activities were subjected to proper disciplinary procedures and were found wanting.

?They were duly sanctioned, but instead of exploring the internal mechanisms put in place by the party to address their grievances, they decided to release themselves as willing tools to outsiders in order to distract the attention of the party.

?They have been jumping from pillar to post, going from one court to another, and swiftly losing one case after another in practically every corner of the country. They have been to, and lost, in courts in Abuja, Ekiti, Port Harcourt, Awka, Kano, and Katsina, all the time desperately seeking to mislead the courts and abuse all known court processes. All those have failed.

?In their confusion, in November 2024, they took themselves to court in Abia State in the name of NNPP. Meanwhile, an Abuja Federal High Court, as far back as April 2024, had ruled that, as expelled former members of the party, they should stop parading themselves as NNPP members or leaders in any shape or form. The Federal High Court judgment of April 18, 2024, declared them as impostors, having been expelled by the party, and as such, they can neither sue in the name of the party nor against the party.

?This same hired and sponsored emergency collection of characters gathered themselves in Lagos three days ago in the name of NNPP to hold a ludicrous charade of tipsy comedians when a court of competent jurisdiction in Abuja had given a clear and unmistakable injunction against them holding that meeting. They defied the court ruling and went ahead to hold a beer parlour meeting in a hotel lobby, which they now call a National Convention.?

The faction criticised media houses for displaying the old NNPP logo, emphasizing that the legally recognized logo remains Red-White-Red with a book and an academic cap.

Ahmed also warned of external political forces sponsoring internal divisions to weaken the opposition ahead of the 2027 elections. (The Guardian)

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