The New Nigeria Peopleโs Party has announced May 26 as the date for its primaries covering all elective offices ahead of the 2027 general elections.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the positions to be contested include seats in the House of Assembly, governorship offices, the National Assembly, and the presidency.
The partyโs National Publicity Secretary, Ladipo Johnson, disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja. He noted that the NNPP would adopt a consensus method for selecting candidates across all wards nationwide.
Johnson added that the scheduled date had already been formally communicated to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
He further revealed that INEC had, on April 23, successfully completed a verification exercise of the partyโs administrative and operational structures at its national secretariat in Abuja.
โThe seamless execution of this exercise serves as a definitive official validation of the Hon. Bala Mohammad-led National Working Committee.
โIt effectively silences the delusions of grandeur harboured by expelled members and reaffirms our standing as the only recognised leadership of the NNPP,โ he stated.
Johnson also rejected claims by expelled members disputing the authority of the National Working Committee (NWC), describing their reliance on various court rulings as โshadow-boxing.โ
โThere is a subsisting judgment from the Federal High Court, Abuja, which clearly affirmed that these individuals are no longer members of the NNPP.
โBy failing to bring this judgment to the attention of subsequent courts, they have deliberately withheld material facts to mislead the judiciary,โ he said.
Accusing critics of deploying misleading strategies to sustain what he termed a failed political agenda, Johnson expressed optimism that the Supreme Court of Nigeria would ultimately settle the leadership dispute in favour of the current NWC.
He also encouraged Nigerians, especially young people and professionals, to take part in the partyโs ongoing membership registration exercise across its 8,809 wards and 774 local government areas nationwide.
