The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has dismissed claims that it is part of a coalition under the African Democratic Congress (ADC), faulting remarks by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.
In a statement issued on Thursday, NNPP National Secretary, Olaposi Ogini, said the party has no plans to join or merge with the ADC.
“We are so surprised that Abubakar, a frontline presidential aspirant of the ADC, could make such an assertion that NNPP is now in ADC,” he said.
He explained that the involvement of figures such as Rabiu Kwankwaso, Buba Galadima, and the Kwankwasiyya Movement in the ADC does not represent the NNPP.
“Kwankwaso and his Kwankwasiyya movement are members of the coalition group, and there is verifiable evidence that some members of the group followed Kwankwaso to the new party.
“NNPP is not after anyone or group but merely a political party seeking to contest elections in Nigeria like other political parties.
“We have nothing against the ADC, but we also do not want to be part of it.
“The Memorandum of Association we had with the Kwankwasiyya movement expired after the 2023 general elections. Kwankwaso and others were equally expelled from the NNPP.
“We can also say that some members of the Kwankwasiyya movement joined the APC with their leader,” he said.
Olaposi added that only a minority followed Kwankwaso, noting that the majority of the movement’s members are now aligned with the APC.