The Uzuakoli Division of the Federal Excessive Courtroom in Abia State, presided over by Hon. Justice C.U. Okoroafor, issued an order on November 1, 2024, mandating the rapid takeover of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) by its Board of Trustees (BOT), led by the celebration’s founder, Dr. Boniface Okechukwu Aniebonam.
This ruling stemmed from a movement on discover with go well with No: HUZ/11/2024, filed by three NNPP members in Abia State looking for decision to the celebration’s ongoing management disaster.
The courtroom particularly ordered the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC) and different related electoral our bodies to just accept candidates endorsed by the BOT till applicable congresses are held to type crucial celebration buildings, such because the Nationwide Working Committee (NWC), Zonal, Native Authorities, and Ward Govt Committees.
Moreover, the judgment directed the Abia State Impartial Electoral Committee (ABSIEC) and electoral our bodies in different states the place preparations for native council elections are ongoing to acknowledge solely candidates submitted by the BOT led by Dr. Aniebonam.
The courtroom additionally ordered the rapid group of congresses to ascertain the mandatory organs of the celebration and submit their particulars to INEC.
Following the courtroom ruling, Dr. Boniface Aniebonam, NNPP Founder and BOT Chairman, said, “With this growth and in keeping with our amended 2022 structure, I hereby name all members of our nice celebration to order, to permit the total implementation of the courtroom’s directive, the peace of society, and the wellbeing of our celebration.”
Dr. Aniebonam additional remarked, “Let the challenges inside our celebration strengthen us for greatness sooner or later. It’s time for an finish to litigation, and for us to maneuver ahead as one massive, pleased household.”
He added, “I’m happy that my esteemed associates, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and Elder Buba Galadima, seem to have withdrawn their case towards myself and different celebration members within the Kano State Excessive Courtroom.”
He concluded with a word of warning, saying, “I hope and imagine that Senator Kwankwaso and Elder Galadima won’t permit a number of the unemployed people round them to take undue benefit of them once more.”
