The New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, has vowed to present records of members who failed to full their resignation course of in court if the problem comes up in post-election lawsuits following the 2027 normal elections.
The social gathering mentioned it could not bow to stress to backdate resignation letters for elected officers who left its platform with out finishing the required procedures.
The Founder and Chairman of the NNPP Board of Trustees, Dr Boniface Aniebonam made this assertion on Sunday.
He warned that falsifying resignation records was unacceptable and will quantity to criminality.
“We respect the right of our members to join other political parties, but they must follow the laid-down procedures and ensure their resignation is properly documented in line with the law,” Aniebonam mentioned.
He added that the social gathering would produce its records if former members challenged the validity of their resignation in court after the elections.
“In the event of a post-election lawsuit by their opponents requiring NNPP to come with records of their resignation, we will do so,” he mentioned.
The NNPP was reacting to reviews that some elected officers who had left the social gathering have been approaching its management to backdate their resignation letters.
The social gathering mentioned it had suggested these affected to return to their wards and start the resignation course of afresh, making certain that every one paperwork have been correctly accomplished and recorded.
Aniebonam maintained that the social gathering wouldn’t settle for incomplete resignation procedures or alter records to accommodate members who had failed to adjust to its structure.
The controversy adopted a letter the NNPP despatched to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on October 19, informing the fee that a number of elected officers who gained their seats on its platform in 2023 had not fulfilled the necessities for leaving the social gathering.
Those affected embody Kano State Governor Abba Yusuf, 18 members of the House of Representatives, 28 members of the Kano State House of Assembly and two senators.
According to the social gathering, the officers had moved to different political events and have been in search of to contest the 2027 elections with out finishing the required resignation procedures.
