By Akinwale Kasali
Former Presidential Candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Dr. Rabiu Kwankwaso, is looking, almost, like a ‘King without a kingdom’. This follows his rejection by Members and stakeholders of the NNPP, a Party he founded, and brought to limelight.
After his suspension as the National Leader of the Party last week, the newly elected Vice National Chairman (South-West) of the NNPP, Alhaji Wasiu Ajirotutu, has described the former Kano State Governor as a political liability.
Ajirotutu said he challenges Kwankwaso to publicly refute the claims that he met with All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate, now President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu four days before the February 25 Presidential election.
The NNPP regional leader, in a statement on Monday, insisted that the meeting between Kwankwaso and Tinubu a few days before the Presidential Election was an anti-party activity and a betrayal of trust by the NNPP’s flagbearer.
Ajirotutu became the Southwest Chairman of the Party a few days ago after the Board of Trustees sacked the “Kwakwansiya” faction of the National Working Committee, NWC, and handed six months suspension to Kwankwaso.
He said Kwankwaso, allegedly, used the party’s structure for personal gains, expressing readiness to make the party an enviable one in the Southwest.
He added: “Kwankwaso cajoled us as if he is contesting for Presidency whereas he is a pretender and not a contender.
“He came to trade with the name of the party by hobnobbing with other Political parties and their candidates to get favour. It’s very unfortunate that it’s this same Kwankwaso that is now accusing an innocent man in the person of our founder, Dr. Boniface Aniebonam, of anti-party activities.
“I want to enjoin all NNPP members in Yoruba land to be calm and watchful as events unfold for a New Nigeria of our dreams.”
Recall that the National Chairman of the PDP, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, recently mocked Kwankwaso for allegedly being denied the position of the FCT Minister by President Bola Tinubu.
