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The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has scheduled 26 May for its primaries for all elective positions ahead of the 2027 general elections.
The NNPP National Publicity Secretary, Ladipo Johnson, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said that the party would adopt the consensus mode of election in all wards across the country. The positions are the House of Assembly, the Governorship, the National Assembly and the presidency.
Johnson said that the date had already been sent to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). He also revealed that INEC concluded a successful verification exercise of the party’s administrative and operational structures at its national secretariat in Abuja on 23 April.
“The seamless execution of this exercise serves as a definitive official validation of the Hon. Bala Mohammad-led National Working Committee (NWC). It effectively silences the delusions of grandeur harboured by expelled members and reaffirms our standing as the only recognised leadership of the NNPP,” he stated.
The secretary dismissed claims by expelled members of the party challenging the NWC’s authority, saying their reliance on various court orders was ‘shadow-boxing’.
He said, “There is a subsisting judgment from the Federal High Court, Abuja, which clearly affirmed that these individuals are no longer members of the NNPP. By failing to bring this judgment to the attention of subsequent courts, they have deliberately withheld material facts to mislead the judiciary.”
He accused those he called detractors of using deceptive tactics to sustain a failed political project. Johnson said he is confident that the Supreme Court will resolve the leadership clash in favour of the current NWC. He urged Nigerians, specifically the youth and professionals, to take part in the ongoing party’s membership registration across the country’s 8,809 wards and 774 local government areas.
