N1B Naira Proceeds From Sale Of Forms :NNPP Accuses Galadima Of Corruption,Demands Accountability
N1B Naira Proceeds From Sale Of Forms :NNPP Accuses Galadima Of Corruption,Demands Accountability
*querries location of situation room in someone’s personal house
* accuses Buba Galadima of llegal imposition of candidates
By Frank Odinukaeze
Rising from its maiden meeting held recently ,the new leadership of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) led by Dr.Agbo Gilbert Major ,has demanded explanation on the over one billion naira realized from the sale of forms to aspirants between March 2022 toll date,even as the party accused Dr.Buba Galadima of corruption and illegal imposition of candidates on the party.
According to a press statement signed by the National Public Relations Officer of the NNPP, Abdulsalam Abdulrasaq,reads, “New leadership of New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) under Dr Agbo Gilbert Major had its maiden meeting at the Abuja National Secretariat and after a review of the situation resulting from the gross mismanagement of the party in the past one year came out with the following resolutions:
“To conduct a thorough probe into the mismanagement of well over one billion naira (N1b) raised from the sale of forms to aspirants between March 2022 and today. The meeting resolved to invite relevant security agencies to properly examine the accounts of the party with a view to demanding explanations from the party’s presidential candidate, the party’s chairman who left in March 2023, the sacked acting chairman and the National Secretary. This is to restore confidence of party members/candidates who came forward with their hard earned money to purchase forms.
“The party querried the rationale for location of the Situation Room to the presidential candidate’s personal residence. It noted that the illegal location created room for the massive corruption and manipulation leading to imposition of candidates by Buba Galadima and his co-travellers and resolved to set up a Committee to launch a probe into it. It therefore called for written complaints from aggrieved candidates who were shortchanged after making payments for forms into the party’s account.
“The party resolved to query the rationale behind the denial of other presidential aspirants the right to purchase form and participate in the primary election that illegally produced Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso insisting that it was against the spirit of fairness and equity which our great party preaches.
“The party confirmed its withdrawal from the Memorandum Of Understanding signed by it with the Kwankwasiya Movement and TNM insisting that the principles of these two groups are targeted at massaging the ego of its sole owner and so not in line with the party’s policies of openness and inclusivity”.
The statement added that it has called on all its members who felt aggrieved and left the party to return .
It called on its numerous members and supporters to remain calm in the face of this brazen assault of the Kwankwasiya movement whose members were erroneously made to believe the party is sold to them and called on all aggrieved and displaced members who left for whatever reason to return home.
The party also resolved to overhaul its structures across all levels nationwide in the coming days and weeks.