NNPP Obtains Court Injunction Against Parallel Leadership Faction

A Federal Court in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has granted the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) leadership an interim injunction to prevent a faction of the party from choosing parallel national and state executives to manage the party’s operations.

A power struggle over control of the party’s 2022 structure has engulfed the national leadership of the NNPP, which is devoted to Dr. Musa Kwankwaso, the party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 election, and the camp, which is loyal to Dr. Boniface Aniebonam, the party’s founder.

The court prohibited members of the organization led by the defendant in suit No. FCT/HC/CV/5518/2024 from

Aneibonam from posing as NNPP members and from electing new officers through national conventions and congresses.
Ladipo Johnson, the party’s national publicity secretary, provided a copy of the directive to the Nigerian Tribune in Ibadan on Thursday, claiming that the individuals responsible for the scheme were no longer NNPP members.

Accusing them of being utilized by opposition parties by “towing their line on issues and attempting to confuse the public about the rightful leadership, logo, and colors of the New Nigeria Peoples Party,” Johnson said that Aniebonam and other party chieftains in his camp had been dismissed by the NNPP long ago.

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“The court’s order also prohibits them, their agents, or servants from performing or undertaking any official activity for and on behalf of, or in the name of the NNPP,” the NNPP spokesperson clarified.

In a similar vein, the court barred the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from keeping tabs on their unlawful congresses or receiving or responding to any contact from them.

We are aware that an effort is being made to divert our attention by using these former members. But in order to stop their unlawful use of the party’s name, the party expects that they will show up in court, Johnson asserted.