The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has said it would not be part of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s effort to unseat President Bola Tinubu.
According to the NNPP, it is not in court and doesn’t want to be an interloper in the PDP’s presidential candidate’s case.
Atiku had during a world press conference called for a coalition of oppositions to wrestle power from Tinubu.
But speaking at a press conference yesterday, the acting deputy national chairman of the NNPP, Prince Nwaeze Onu, said they won’t be part of Atiku despite the call.
“We are not in court. We love the country. We will not engage in anything that does not concern us. We are only focused on the things that are happening at the level of our party,” Onu said.
On the concern in the party, Onu, however, said they discovered that some leaders of the party did not know that things had changed.
“They wanted to continue using every election to negotiate with governments in power at both the national and state level to negotiate instead of contesting elections. Even when notable politicians joined, they frustrated them by aligning with the government in power.
“That was our experience in the last elections, and this prompted the party leadership to sanction about nine states where the executives were dissolved and some chairmen were suspended or expelled.
“However, those erring chairmen became disgruntled and embarked on “war” against the party, even to the extent of conniving with enemies of the party.
“Our advice to the outsiders fighting the party to steer clear and stop meddling in the internal affairs of NNPP. Let me at this juncture thank INEC for their commitment to the growth of democracy in our country and also for their support to NNPP,” Onu added.
