NNPP Kano Expels Reps Member For Anti Party Activities

By Ayodele Oni

A member of the House of Representatives from Kano state, Abdulmumin Jibrin Kofa, has been expelled from the New Nigeria’s People’s Party, (NNPP).

The leadership of the NNDP in the state while announcing the expulsion, cited what it called anti-party activities and failure to meet his financial obligations to the party.

Hashim Sulaiman Dungurawa, the party’s state chairman, told journalists in Kano on Saturday, that the decision followed what he described as Mr. Jibrin’s repeated attacks on the NNPP and its leadership in the media.

Mr. Dungurawa dismissed the lawmaker as a “weak politician” whose electoral victory was less about personal strength and more about the party and its influential Kwankwasiyya movement, led by Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso.

“If he were truly strong politically, he would have won his election under the APC, but he failed. It was only when he joined the NNPP through Kwankwasiyya that he became a House of Representatives member. Now he is deceiving himself, thinking he is strong.”

The chairman said a reconciliation committee was initially set up to engage Mr. Jibrin after his appearance on Channels Television, where he criticized the party.

But according to him, a subsequent media outing confirmed that the lawmaker had “crossed the line.

“Instead of dialogue, he went further to work against our interest, openly declaring loyalty outside the party. That is why we expelled him. He has no value to add,” Mr. Dungurawa said.

He further accused Mr. Jibrin of defaulting on the payment of party dues, saying the NNPP would take legal action to recover the money.

“We will drag him to court to recover what he owes the party. It is a constitutional requirement for every member to pay dues, but he has consistently failed to do so.”

On speculation that Mr. Jibrin may return to the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Dungurawa said such a move would not weaken the NNPP, insisting that “politics is about groups and coalitions” and that the Kwankwasiyya movement remained firmly behind Mr. Kwankwaso.