Aniebonam said this at a news conference on Friday in Lagos, adding that he gave Kwankwaso the platform of the party to achieve his political ambition of becoming Nigeria’s president on a platter of gold.
Boniface Aniebonam, the founder of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, has slammed the party's presidential candidate in the 2023 elecion, Rabiu Kwankwaso.
He accused Kwankwaso and the Kwankwasiyya Movement of hijacking the party structure.
Aniebonam said he feels betrayed by the action.
Aniebonam said this at a news conference on Friday in Lagos, adding that he gave Kwankwaso the platform of the party to achieve his political ambition of becoming Nigeria’s president on a platter of gold.
Aniebonam said he single-handedly registered and nurtured the NNPP from 2002 until 2022 when Kwankwaso and his team approached him to fly the flag of the party in the 2023 presidential election.
“Buba Galadima led the delegation, including Sen. Suleiman Hunkuyi and Prof. Sam Angai to my country home in Anambra to plead for us to accept Kwankwaso in the NNPP.
“After the talks, I placed a call to Kwankwaso and after asking him questions about his intentions for Nigeria, I offered him the platform of NNPP as its sole candidate,” he said.
Aniebonam said he founded NNPP after he founded the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders, NAGAFF and NAGAFF, therefore, is the parent body of the NNPP.
He recalled that Kwankwaso and others were expelled from the party for anti-party activities but as a life member of the board with inherent powers, he would grant him pardon if he purged himself of what he was doing.
The NNPP founder said with this singular action, Kwankwaso would no longer enjoy the sole candidacy of the NNPP should he even be pardoned.