Federal High Court, Abuja presided over by Justice Obiora Egwuatu will on April 26, 2024 entertain a suit filed by the New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP challenging the National Congress/Convention slated for 2nd to 6th of April, 2024 by a faction led by Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the Party’s Presidential Candidate in the 2023 Presidential election.
The New Nigeria People’s Party through its Board of Trustees led by Dr. Temitope Aluko has filed a suit before the Federal High Court Abuja to stop the proposed Congress/ Convention.
The suit with number FHC/ABJ/ CS/ 327/2024 was filled on the 11th of March, 2024 with an advance copy sent to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmoud Yakub with a covering letter from Barrister Monday Mawah of Templum Chamber advising the Commission not to participate in the illegal Congress/Convention until the determination of the case in Court.
Meanwhile, the Federal High Court, Abuja has fixed April 16, 2024 as the hearing date for the matter before Hon. Justice Obiora Egwuatu and INEC was duly served by the Court Bailiff on Friday 28th of March, 2024.
It was, however, gathered from the National Publicity Secretary of NNPP, Abdulsalam Abdulrazaq that by the effective Service of the suit before Hon. Justice Obiora Egwuatu on INEC on Friday 28 of March, 2024, it is another jeopardy for Kwankwaso’s group for the third time in a row because INEC as a neutral and unbiased Commission by its tradition may decide not to participate in any NNPP’s factional Congress/Convention until all litigations, most especially on congresses and convention are put to rest.
Additional information had it that the National Secretary, Comrade Oginni Olaposi Sunday also revealed that INEC has declined participation in Kwankwaso’s faction proposed Congress/Convention in the last two weeks due to encumbrance from Court cases.
“It’s however, obvious that INEC will likely excuse itself from internal crisis of NNPP by neutrality until the determination of the matter before Hon. Justice Obiora Egwuatu”, Oginni said.
Aware of the fact that the internal leadership crisis in New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP may eventually create a vacuum, a group known as Nigerian Youth for New Nigeria in a communique made available to newsmen over the weekend, called on the Founder of NNPP, Dr. Boniface Okechukwu Aniebonam who by the Constitution of the Party is the Life Member of the Board of Trustees to take over the leadership and administration of the Party to forestall any unforseen and avoidable breach of peace .
The Youth group made it clear that the Board of Trustees in time of internal crisis and wrangling should live above board and ensure that every thing possible is done to salvage the party from total collapse.
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