The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has categorically distanced itself from its former presidential candidate, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, declaring that he is no longer welcome within the party and cannot contest the 2027 elections on its platform.

This was made known in a strongly worded statement on Saturday by the party’s National Chairman, Dr. Agbo Major, who insisted that both Kwankwaso and his ally, Buba Galadima, had been formally expelled for alleged anti-party activities and no longer have any affiliation with the NNPP.

Reacting to Galadima’s recent claims that Kwankwaso remained in the NNPP and would contest the 2027 elections under its banner, Dr. Major dismissed the remarks as misleading and false. “The NNPP had long expelled Kwankwaso and Galadima. They no longer speak for us nor can they use our platform for any political contest,” he said.

Major revealed that the party’s Memorandum of Understanding with the Kwankwasiyya Movement, led by Kwankwaso, was terminated shortly after the 2023 elections due to internal strife and attempts to hijack the party’s structure.

“Kwankwaso led us into unnecessary litigation and changed our party logo to his Kwankwasiyya symbol,” Major stated, blaming him for factionalism and failed leadership. “It was through court intervention that INEC restored our original party logo after their kangaroo convention in Abuja.”

The chairman further accused the former Kano governor of seeking another “free ticket” like he allegedly received for the 2023 presidential election. “But it will not happen again,” he asserted. “Kwankwaso does not have the pedigree to match President Tinubu in any contest. His ambition is dead on arrival.”

While acknowledging Kwankwaso’s constitutional right to seek elective office, the NNPP warned him to desist from dragging the party into his political ambitions or using it to attack President Bola Tinubu.

Major also reaffirmed that the party’s 2027 presidential ticket will be open only through “due process and constitutionality,” adding that the NNPP has moved on and will not entertain “betrayers” or “self-seeking opportunists.”

He concluded by advising Kwankwaso to float his own political party if he intends to pursue his presidential ambition, stating emphatically: “NNPP will not be dragged into unnecessary controversies again.”