The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has lashed out at the All Progressives Congress (APC) accusing them of using the paraphernalia of power to destroy opposition political parties.
It claimed that the APC had devoted its time trying to suffocate perceived enemies instead of providing good governance.
NNPP’s Acting National Chairman, Ali Kawu, at a press conference yesterday in Abuja, said: ‘The same thing APC is doing with the Labour Party. Our Appeal to APC is to face governance.
‘They have used all means to grab power, they should at least face governance. If they devote 25% of the energy they are dissipating in scattering opposition parties on governance, our Naira will not be on this downward journey into the abyss.
‘Even with the removal of the so called subsidy, fuel is still not available at filling Stations. Nigerians are now experiencing the worst form of multi-dimensional poverty in the history of mankind.
‘Insecurity continues to get worse by the day. The Government of APC is not interested in providing good governance but just interested in how to muzzle opposition parties and other institutions in the country.’
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Kawu insisted that Governor Abba Kabir of Kano State, registered as a member of the party before the governorship primary, adding that those peddling fake news were out to destroy his image and truncate the fortune of NNPP.
‘The NNPP leadership are saying without any equivocation that Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State is a bonafide member of the NNPP.
‘He registered in his Diso- Chiranchi Ward, Gwale Local Government of Kano on March 27, 2022.
‘He took part in all the processes approved by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the Guidelines for the 2023 elections.
‘The party is solidly behind him as we all march forward to reclaim the mandate freely given to him by the good people of Kano State,’ he reiterated.
He said it was disappointing that some expelled members who benefited from the party were part of those plotting to crunch the NNPP with malicious tales.
He added: ‘But, it is rather unfortunate that someone or some people can descend so low as to ‘turn their back outside, and be urinating into the house’. (Popular Yoruba proverb to describe someone behaving like a vagabond).
‘We saw it coming. That was why we issued a Press Release on Monday, December 4, 2023, that some expelled members of the NNPP have been hired by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to discredit the person of His Excellency, the elected Governor of Kano State, Engr. Abba Kabir Yusuf, and falsely claim that he is not a member of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP).
‘And that is exactly what they did with their World Press Conference.’