By Ayodele Oni
Still battling with the suspension clamped on him by the leadership of his party, the Presidential Candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party, (NNPP) Rabiu Kwankwaso, has been expelled.
The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Party explained that Kwankwaso’s refusal to appear before the its Disciplinary Committee led to his expulsion.
Kwankwaso was suspended by the party’s leadership at the National Convention on August 29 in Lagos, following allegations of gross anti-party activities and mismanagement of party/campaign funds.
Apart from his initial lobby to be appointed as a Minister by President Bola Tinubu, Kwankwaso has also been holding meetings with some top leaders of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) including its Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar.
The NEC had set up a Disciplinary Committee and directed it to invite Kwankwaso to defend the allegations within five days.The Committee reportedly sat on Thursday, August 31, but Kwankwaso did not appear.
In a fresh twist to the crisis in the party, the Acting National Publicity Secretary, Abdulsalam Abdulrasaq, in a statement on Tuesday, said the NEC has expelled Kwankwaso with immediate effect.
“The NEC met in an emergency session on Friday, September 1 and resolved that following the refusal of Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso to appear before the disciplinary committee which sat on Thursday, August 31 after being duly invited in writing, he is hereby expelled from NNPP with immediate effect.
“That the erstwhile presidential candidate, Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso will be reported to appropriate quarters to answer questions on financial impropriety relating to mismanagement of public funds.”
The post election crisis within the NNPP started when the NWC loyal to Kwankwaso, announced the suspension of the NNPP founder, Dr Boniface Aniebonam and the National Publicity Secretary, Dr Agbo Major, on August 24.
The suspension was in response to the expulsion of Kwankwaso’s loyalists from the Party.
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