NNPP Writes INEC Over Elected Officials Who Defected Without Completing Resignation Procedures
The national leadership of the New Nigeria People Party, NNPP, has revealed that it is being put under pressure by those who left the party but failed to complete their resignation procedures.
The party warned those involved in such act to desist as the falsification of information would amount to criminality, just as it vowed never to succumb to backdate the resignation of the affected individuals.
The 2023 presidential candidate of the NNPP, Senator RABIU MUSA KWANKWASO, who is the current presidential running-mate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, is not affected by this development, as he and several of his followers had been expelled from the NNPP.
The founder of the NNPP and Chairman of the party’s Board of Trustees, Dr BONIFACE ANIEBONAM, made this known in a statement, stressing that those requesting to backdate their incomplete resignation must go back to their various wards to begin the process.
BONIFACE ANIEBONAM noted that the NNPP had on Monday, October 19, 2026, written to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, notifying the commission that some elected public officials who defected from the party did not complete the constitutional requirements resignation.
ANIEBONAM identified those affected by the letter as Governor ABBA YUSUF of Kano State, two Senators, eighteen members of the House of Representatives, and twenty-eight members of the Kano State House of Assembly, who were all elected on the platform of the NNPP in 2023.
He said the letter jointly signed by NNPP’s National Chairman, AGBO MAJOR, and the General Secretary, OGINNI OLAPOSI, drew the attention of INEC to the fact that the affected individuals had emerged as candidates for the 2027 general election on other political parties.
The NNPP’s BoT Chairman said "The Constitution of the NNPP (2023, as amended) contains provisions governing the resignation of members, while the Electoral Act, 2026 (as amended), regulates relevant aspects of political party membership, nomination and participation in elections.
"These provisions are not intended to be observed selectively or disregarded at the convenience of individual members, particularly persons who attained elective public office through the sponsorship, structures and electoral platform of the party", he noted.
BONIFACE ANIEBONAM further noted that the letter to INEC would be updated to include some members elected on the NNPP platform in Katsina and Jigawa states, who also did not complete their resignation processes before leaving the party.
"We are not scheming for any member to return but the right process must be followed to the letters. We believe in the rights of people to choose where they wish to belong, but it must be properly documented as required by law.
"In the event of a post-election lawsuit by their opponents requiring NNPP to come with records of their resignation, we will do so. As a party, the NNPP is firm on issues regarding it constitution and image and will not renege on that.
"We do not know the windows open to them now to complete their resignation, but we will attend to those who wish to complete the process.
"The electoral guideline, party constitution and the constitution of Nigeria are specific on the processes and procedures of resignation from a political party
"We are all witnesses to the fact that elected officers of political parties have been in the abuse of processes and procedures to be followed when resigning from political parties."