Mr. Ladipo Johnson, a chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has insisted that Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State has always been a member of the Party.
He rubbished allegations that Yusuf was not their member when he contested governorship of Kano State during the last general election.
He said those spreading the news were hirelings of the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje who was also the immediate past governor of the state.
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Johnson in a statement also refuted insinutions that Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso had been dismissed, adding that the party had confidence in the Supreme Court to do justice to their case.
“It has come to our notice that certain expelled members of the NNPP which include Tope Aluko and some ex state chairmen, who are sponsored elements, are conducting a press conference in Jabi, Abuja to falsely state as a form of propaganda, that Abba Kabir Yusuf was not a member of the NNPP as at the time of the election and that His Excellency, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso is dismissed from the party,” the statement reads.
“These allegations are totally false and inaccurate. We state that the Kano State Governor was a bona fide member of the NNPP at all material times and that we have confidence in the Supreme Court of Nigeria that justice will be done. These hired/paid hands who seem to be lackeys in the hands of the APC national chairman, Ganduje, seem to have “sold their souls” and will do anything for pecuniary gains at the expense of the Nigerian electorate.
“We remind the general populace that Chief Boniface Aniebonam, one of the founders of the NNPP, recently spoke out in favor of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf and asked that his election be upheld. Therefore it is a mystery that some of his loyalists would stoop so low as to become hired hands to misinform Nigerians. In conclusion we urge that Nigerians ignore the false statements by these enemies of the Nigerian electorate.”
