The leadership of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) on Saturday said its presidential flagbearer, Rabiu Kwankwaso, will end the numerous regional and sectarian agitations plaguing the country if he wins the 2023 presidency.
This was disclosed in the Sallah message of NNPP issued by the National publicity secretary, Agbo Major, obtained by POLITICS NIGERIA.
Until their arrests, leader of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu and Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo ‘Igboho’ had been at the vanguard of agitations for secession.
Kanu is presently in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) after he was rearrested and repatriated from Kenya in June 2021, while Igboho, who had been released on bail, is still undergoing legal proceedings in Benin Republic.
The Yoruba Nation agitator was arrested alongside his wife, Ropo, in Cotonou while attempting to travel to Germany last year.
“The party is optimistic that various agitations in all zones in Nigeria will be a thing of the past if a progressive and transformative leader like Kwankwaso is elected president of Nigeria,” Agbo said.
“This is our chance to correct the mistakes made in previous elections. A new Nigeria beckons. Together, we will restore the nation’s glory and prosperity as the great arsenal of democracy in Africa.
“The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) congratulates the Muslim Ummah on the occasion of this year’s Eid-el-Kabir celebrations. The party enjoins Muslims to imbibe the virtues of love, sacrifice and tolerance which the occasion signifies.”
