The founder of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Dr. Boniface Aniebonam, has clarified that Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, did not resign from the party
According to him, the governor only resigned from the Kwankwasiya Movement led by Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso.
Reacting to reports of the governor’s resignation, Aniebonam said the letter was not addressed to the authentic National Working Committee, NWC, of the NNPP, nor to the recognised state or ward leadership of the party.
Instead, he said it was sent to a member of the Kwankwasiya Movement in Diso-Chiranchi Ward, Gwale Local Government Area.
“The NNPP NWC does not recognise the Kwankwasiya movement ward chairman as chairman of the party,” Aniebonam stated.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) had reported that Governor Yusuf resigned alongside 21 members of the Kano State House of Assembly, eight members of the House of Representatives, and 44 local government chairmen, with the announcement made on Friday by his spokesperson, Sunusi Tofa.
In his resignation letter, Yusuf said, “I write with a deep sense of gratitude to formally notify the leadership of the New Nigeria People’s Party of my decision to resign my membership of the party, with effect from Friday, 23rd January 2026.”
However, Aniebonam insisted that the resignation is not recognised by him as NNPP founder, leader, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees.
“The NNPP lifted the governor’s suspension from its membership and directed that he took responsibility of its leadership, being the highest elected officer of the party.”
He also cited court rulings, saying both the Abia State High Court and the Federal Capital Territory High Court directed INEC to recognise the Aniebonam-led Board of Trustees.
“The Federal Capital Territory High Court equally issued an enrolment order, restraining INEC from dealing and transacting any business with the Kwankwasiya movement,” he said.
Aniebonam stressed that NNPP is a registered political party, while the Kwankwasiya Movement is only a pressure group.
He added that elected officials in Kano won their seats on the NNPP platform.
“Yusuf and others… won elections under the platform of NNPP with Logo of Basket of Fruits and not Kwankwasiya insignia of book and red colour.”
He described INEC’s delay in updating its records as an administrative lapse and blamed the crisis in Kano on what he called “the high handedness of Kwankwaso”.
Aniebonam urged party members to remain calm and committed as the NNPP looks ahead to the 2027 general elections.
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