- Some stakeholders of the NNPP claimed that its presidential candidate in the February 2023 election, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, is the party’s problem
- The stakeholders justified their expulsion of Kwankwaso, a top political figure in Nigeria’s northern region
- Speaking in an interview with Legit.ng, an NNPP chieftain, Adekunle Aderibigbe, said he does not think the northeast stakeholders intend to cause further crisis
Legit.ng journalist Ridwan Adeola Yusuf has over 6-year-experience covering politics in Nigeria
Kano, Kano state – Adekunle Aderibigbe, a chieftain of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in Lagos state, has said the reaffirmation by the executive committee and stakeholders of the party in the northeast zone that Rabiu Kwankwaso remains expelled is a strategic pronouncement.