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The national leadership of the New Nigeria People’s Party has condemned former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, for accusing the party of receiving sponsorship from the Federal Government in relation to the expulsion of its former presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso and the suspension of Kano Governor, Abba Yusuf.
The National Secretary of NNPP, Oginni Olaposi, in a statement made available to our correspondent on Wednesday, dismissed El-Rufai’s claims as a desperate attempt to distract from the real issues at hand.
El-Rufai, who recently defected from the All Progressives Congress to the Social Democratic Party, had alleged that the Federal Government is behind the internal crises and litigation rocking the country’s opposition parties.
The former Kaduna governor specifically pointed to the NNPP’s actions against Kwankwaso and Yusuf as part of a larger political conspiracy.
“The last thing I read about the NNPP was that one faction of the party has expelled Kwankwaso and the sitting governor.
“When you see things like that, you will know it is a contrived crisis. Which party sacks a sitting governor? And that is the only governor they have. I cannot mention names because I don’t have the details,” he said.
Reacting, the NNPP’s national secretary demanded that El-Rufai retract his statements and tender a public apology within 48 hours.
Olaposi provided a series of questions, claiming that the allegations of federal interference were baseless and unfounded
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