By Akinwale Kasali
Auwal Musa, National Youth Leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, has alleged that the ongoing investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, of Dr. Rabiu Kwankwaso, the Party’s Presidential Candidate in the 2023 Presidential Election was masterminded by his political enemies to Witch hunt him.
Musa stressed that the action was instigated by some political rivals to tarnish Kwankwaso’s image, due to his political prowess.
Speaking in Kaduna, Musa said: “I challenge EFCC to come out with facts on the allegations, otherwise, we consider it as an attempt to witch-hunt and victimise him.”
He further argued that there was no justification for EFCC to commence investigation of Kwankwaso from 2015 to 2023 as a former Governor and leader of NNPP.
He went further to query the EFCC for waiting so long to investigate him, nine years after leaving office and wondered why it would, also, investigate Party affairs.
According to him, investigating an ‘honest and hardworking’ person like Kwankwaso will only amount to a waste of time.
“Go to Kano and see what he did as a governor, check his records as a Defence Minister, and a Senator,” he said.
Musa urged the EFCC to disregard any petition written against Kwankwaso by any politician or any associate, and added that the EFCC needs to do a thorough investigation to ascertain what he has said.
Reacting to the internal crisis rocking the NNPP, the Youth Leader said the party has resolved all its internal crises including the power tussle among its officers at the Local, State and National levels.
“We have recently conducted elections into various offices in 13 states of the country successfully,” he said.
He added that the party has, also, made changes in its logo and structurally designed a method of campaign ahead of the 2027 elections.
“It is our hope that the NNPP will give a surprise outing and will win national and state seats in the coming elections.
“ Nigerian youths are ready to make serious changes in the national political scene.
“We will take over the government and salvage this country from maladministration,” he said.
