Asks INEC Chair To Respond To Letter Addressed To Commission
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu on the need to respond to the letter addressed to the leadership of the Commission on the leadership crisis in the party
It will recalled that the party had in the letter dated April 3, 2024, asked INEC to accept and permit the Board of Trustees (BoT) and Founder of the party, Dr. Boniface Aniebonam who is a life member of the board to take charge of the party’s statutory responsibilities pending the resolution of its internal crisis.
In a copy of the letter by Templum Solicitors, which was acknowledged by INEC, the party said that the lingering crisis would make it difficult for it to function as a registered political party in Nigeria.
It stated that the Kwankwasiyya movement under the leadership of Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso is not a registered political party in Nigeria. It is therefore inappropriate on the part of INEC to allow itself to be used to perpetrate illegality
In a press statement signed yesterday in Lagos by the Founder, Dr. Boniface Aniebonam, the NNPP decried the inability of the commission to attend to the letter.
The statement read, “A big organisation like INEC which is charged with election matters in Nigeria should be able to run a simple administration of responding to correspondences and giving direction to matters of urgent importance
“The letter was sent and acknowledged by INEC on April 3, 2024 and it’s getting to two months now without any reply from the commission. This is unbelievable and inappropriate
“The delay in response is affecting the party negatively especially with governorship elections coming up in Edo and Ekiti States,”
The party, however, appealed to the INEC chairman to urgently ensure prompt response to the letter to enable it to attend to the needs of members and intending members.
“The NNPP was established in 2002 and has been participating in all elections in Nigeria. Therefore any action by INEC by way of continued delay may affect its participation in upcoming governorship polls ahead of the 2027 general election,” it stated.
