Court reinstates Abiya as Kano NNPP chairman

A High Court successful Kano has reaffirmed Abdullahi Abiya arsenic the authentic president of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) successful the state, nullifying the earlier dissolution of the party’s leadership.

The tribunal ruled that the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) acted beyond its law powers erstwhile it dissolved the state, section government, and ward executives without involving the National Executive Committee (NEC).

Abiya had taken the NWC to tribunal earlier Justice Nasiru Saminu, challenging the determination and accusing the enactment enactment of denying him and others a just hearing.

He besides asked the tribunal to halt Hashimu Suleiman Dungurawa from parading himself arsenic a parallel president successful Kano.

In his judgment, Justice Saminu acceptable speech the dissolution and issued a perpetual injunction preventing the enactment and its agents from interfering with the tenure of the duly elected executives astatine each levels successful Kano State.

The tribunal besides upheld the expulsion of Dungurawa from the NNPP, ru...