The nationwide management of the Brandnew Nigeria Community’s Celebration has condemned former Kaduna Order Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, for accusing the celebration of receiving sponsorship from the Federal Govt on the subject of the expulsion of its former presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso and the postponed of Kano Governor, Abba Yusuf.
The Nationwide Secretary of NNPP, Oginni Olaposi, in a observation made to be had to our correspondent on Wednesday, disregarded El-Rufai’s claims as a determined effort to distract from the true problems to hand.
El-Rufai, who lately defected from the All Progressives Congress to the Social Democratic Celebration, had alleged that the Federal Govt is in the back of the interior crises and litigation rocking the rustic’s opposition events.
The previous Kaduna governor particularly pointed to the NNPP’s movements towards Kwankwaso and Yusuf as a part of a bigger political conspiracy.
“The extreme factor I learn in regards to the NNPP used to be that one faction of the celebration has expelled Kwankwaso and the sitting governor.
“When you see things like that, you will know it is a contrived crisis. Which party sacks a sitting governor? And that is the only governor they have. I cannot mention names because I don’t have the details,” he stated.
Reacting, the NNPP’s nationwide secretary demanded that El-Rufai retract his statements and gentle a population apology inside of 48 hours.
Olaposi equipped a sequence of questions, claiming that the allegations of federal interference had been baseless and unfounded
He said that Kwankwaso had sought the NNPP platform in 2022 and that the true problems stemmed from inside management conflicts, now not exterior interference.
He argued that Kwankwaso and his allies had defied inside celebration processes supposed to get to the bottom of disputes, undermining the celebration’s operations.
He added, “To eager the report instantly and to teach Mallam Nasir El Rufai at the genesis and revelations of the emergency that ended in the expulsion of Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and the next postponed of Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano Order, we will ask Mallam Nasir El Rufai to invite his buddy (Kwankwaso) to respond to a few of refer to questions prior to the allegations of interference or sponsorship via the Federal Govt may also be substantiated.
“Was once it the Federal Govt that requested Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso to advance to Dr. Boniface Okechukwu Aniebonam in February 2022 to beg for the NNPP platform? Was once it the Federal Govt that orchestrated the unlawful trade of the NNPP emblem to that of Kwankwaso’s non-public faculty and his Kwankwasia staff?
“The Federal Government had no role in the internal workings of our party. Kwankwaso and his cohorts are responsible for the crisis.”
Moment hard an apology from El-Rufai, Olaposi threatened that the celebration would pull felony motion towards the previous governor if the apology used to be now not issued throughout the stipulated 48-hour duration.
“As a result, we’re calling on Mallam Nasir El Rufai to publicly gentle an unreserved apology to the Founding father of the Brandnew Nigeria Community’s Celebration, Dr Boniface Okechukwu Aniebonam, and the celebration management at the terrible allegation of sponsorship via the government.
“We are giving Mallam Nasir El Rufai the next 48 hours to tender his apology for his reckless statement or face prosecution for a defamatory statement against the innocent leaders of the New Nigeria People’s Party,” he famous.