Ladipo Johnson, national publicity secretary of the New
Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), says Abdullahi Ganduje’s comments about the
party hold no weight.
On Saturday, Ganduje, national chairman of the All
Progressives Congress (APC), said the NNPP has continued to “suffer serious
lacerations due to an intractable and untreatable factionalization”.
Johnson spoke on ‘Politics HQ’, a programme on News Central,
on Sunday.
“Well, the first thing I say is that Ganduje’s words are inconsequential,” he said.
“Two, Ganduje needs to go and open the dictionary and learn
the meaning of the word ‘factions’, or ‘faction’, or ‘factionalised’. He really
needs to go and learn it. We don’t have a faction, we don’t have factions
within the NNPP.
“You have some people who are expelled, who carry the logo,
an old logo that has been changed. The logo is not before INEC. INEC is clear
as to who, or which person, or who the national chairman of the NNPP is.”
He accused the expelled members of securing a court ruling
through questionable means.
“You see, these renegade group of people went to some corner
of Abia state, got a default judgment,” he added.
“They served themselves. But they took before that court an
old constitution. INEC was not there. We were not there.
“And they got a default judgment, which a motion has been
moved to set aside. And I think the ruling is coming in June or what have you.”
Johnson alleged that the court was misled by the expelled
members.
“When you went to do that, did you tell the courts that,
‘oh, there’s a subsisting judgment of the federal high court that says we are
no longer members?’ They didn’t say that,” he said.
“They went, they misled the court in Abia. I’ve forgotten
the town. Some corner of Abia, not in the middle, or not at the city centre.
And that is what they did.”
He said the judgment was fraudulently obtained.
“So as far as we’re concerned, it was obtained by fraud, et
cetera, et cetera. But are we disobeying it, pending the setting aside? The
answer is no,” he said.
“We’re not disobeying it, because any ruling or order they
got was regarding the old NNPP with the basket of fruits.
“They forgot that in April 2024, the logo and colours and
constitution of the NNPP had been changed to red and white, educational book,
et cetera, et cetera.
“So that judge ruled by default regarding what they brought
before him, which was the old constitution. For me, Ganduje is a non-starter.”
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