A faction of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) under the leadership of Major Agbo has expelled the presidential candidate of the party, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, over his alleged anti-party activities and misappropriation of party campaign funds.
Kwankwaso’s expulsion was announced in a statement released in Abuja on Tuesday by NNPP factional National Publicity Secretary, Abdulsalam Abdulrasaq.
The development is coming barely three days after the factional leaders vowed to probe the former Kano governor and some of his loyalists over the alleged misappropriation of over N1 billion generated from the sale of nomination forms.
The party had suspended Kwankwaso during its National Convention on August 29 in Lagos over gross anti-party activities and mismanagement of campaign funds.
Following his suspension, it’s National Executive Council set up a disciplinary committee, which invited Kwankwaso with the caveat that he would be expelled if he failed to appear and defend himself.
Abdulrasaq, in a statement, said: “The NEC met in an emergency session on Friday, September 1, and resolved as follows:
“Following the refusal of Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso to appear before the disciplinary committee, which sat on Thursday, August 31, after being duly invited in writing, he is hereby expelled from NNPP with immediate effect.
“That the erstwhile presidential candidate, Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, will be reported to appropriate quarters to answer questions on financial impropriety relating to mismanagement of public funds.”