Galadima argued that those who announced his suspension had been expelled
By Kehinde Okeowo
New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) chieftain, Buba Galadima has called the suspension of the party’s national leader, Rabiu Kwankwaso a ‘Nollywood and Hollywood joke’.
TheNiche on Tuesday, reported that Kwankwaso, who was the Presidential candidate of NNPP in the February 25 poll, was suspended by the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT) over alleged anti-party activities.
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The BoT also suspended the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) and appointed new national officers headed by Agbo Major as acting national chairman and Ogini Olaposi as acting national secretary.
Addressing reporters at the end of the meeting in Lagos on Tuesday, BoT secretary, Babayo Abdulahi, accused Kwankwaso of hobnobbing with President Bola Tinubu, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) Peter Obi, without the board’s authorisation.
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However, speaking on the development on Tuesday night during a program on Channels TV, Galadima said the leaders of the group that announced Kwankwaso’s suspension had earlier been expelled from the NNPP.
Galadima, who is one of the founding fathers of the party, also said the party is still intact and that it has no crisis as being peddled.
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He said, “When I saw it on social media, I thought it was like a Nollywood or Hollywood joke.
“Now let me make a small correction, those that were expelled were Boniface Okechukwu Aniebonam and Gabriel Agbor Major.
“All of them who were expelled were called to a disciplinary committee. They were drilled and they accepted their sins and it was on the basis of their acceptance that they were recommended to the Nation Working Committee for expulsion.”
Speaking further on allegations of anti-party activities levelled on Kwankwaso, Galadima said, “as a politician, we can meet with anybody. He took permission from us.”
