NNPP vows to current defectors’ information in post-election court docket circumstances

The New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, has vowed to current information of members who failed to finish their resignation course of in court docket if the difficulty comes up in post-election lawsuits following the 2027 common elections.

The celebration mentioned it will not bow to stress to backdate resignation letters for elected officers who left its platform with out finishing the required procedures.

The Founder and Chairman of the NNPP Board of Trustees, Dr Boniface Aniebonam made this assertion on Sunday.

He warned that falsifying resignation information was unacceptable and will quantity to criminality.

“We respect the right of our members to join other political parties, but they must follow the laid-down procedures and ensure their resignation is properly documented in line with the law,” Aniebonam mentioned.

He added that the celebration would produce its information if former members challenged the validity of their resignation in court docket after the elections.

“In the event of a post-election lawsuit by their opponents requiring NNPP to come with records of their resignation, we will do so,” he mentioned.

The NNPP was reacting to studies that some elected officers who had left the celebration have been approaching its management to backdate their resignation letters.

The celebration mentioned it had suggested these affected to return to their wards and start the resignation course of afresh, making certain that each one paperwork have been correctly accomplished and recorded.

Aniebonam maintained that the celebration wouldn’t settle for incomplete resignation procedures or alter information to accommodate members who had didn’t adjust to its structure.

The controversy adopted a letter the NNPP despatched to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on October 19, informing the fee that a number of elected officers who received their seats on its platform in 2023 had not fulfilled the necessities for leaving the celebration.

Those affected embrace Kano State Governor Abba Yusuf, 18 members of the House of Representatives, 28 members of the Kano State House of Assembly and two senators.

According to the celebration, the officers had moved to different political events and have been in search of to contest the 2027 elections with out finishing the required resignation procedures.