The founding members of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) have advised Rabiu Kwankwaso to go and register his own political platform with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
In a statement on Thursday, August 31, Mohammed Abdullahi, the secretary of the BOT announced an end to the ties between the NNPP, The Nigeria Movement, and the Kwankwansiya Movement.
According to Abdullahi, leaders of the TNM and the Kwankwansiya Movement have been informed of an end to their MOU which he said was signed with the aim of winning the last presidential election.
Consequently, Abdullahi noted that henceforth, wearing red caps in the NNPP is an embarrassment to the party as the political platform was never sold to the movement at any point.
He said:
“Wearing a red cap as a member of the New Nigeria People’s Party is a very big embarrassment and avoidable violation of terms of understanding between NNPP and the Kwankwasiya movement. This is because the Kwankwasiya Movement is not a political party other than the New Nigeria Peoples Party.
“For the avoidance of doubts, Kwankwasiya movement, TNM are mere pressure groups under the canopy of NNPP and for the purposes of elections in Nigeria.
“Therefore and henceforth, wearing of red cap is not an appropriate dress code of NNPP during political activities. At this point, all members of the Kwankwasyia Movement are hereby informed that other than being deceived by their leaders, NNPP was not sold to the Kwankwasiya Movement or anybody or a group of persons.
“What we had was a mere memorandum of understanding with Kwankwasiya and TNM to work together for the purposes of winning elective positions. It is not an alliance because none of the group is a political party.”
