The forum of state chairmen of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has instituted a legal action against the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party.

The chairmen are accusing the NWC of illegal dissolution of executive councils of the party in 10 states.

They also accused the former party Presidential candidate Rabiu Musa Kwakwaso of engaging in anti-party activities which undermined the success of the party in the  2023 presidential polls.

The NNPP state chairmen claimed that Kwakwaso was also making attempt to hijack the party structures and using members of the NWC to perpetrate illegalities and take unconstitutional decisions.

Addressing newsmen in Ado Ekiti, the spokesperson of the forum, Mr Dada Olayinka Olabode said the dissolution of the state, local government ward executives of the party in 10 states was against the constitution of the party.

Dada, who is the Ekiti state chairman of NNPP, added that party leaders and members who challenged the action, were consequently invited to a disciplinary panel by the NWC.

“We have taken legal step to addressing this injustice against over 7000 members who went through congresses at the ward, local government and state levels in Ekiti state.

“And also about 100,000 elected officials of this party across the ten states and two other state where a clear pronouncement of expulsion has been pronounced.

“The Court in Ado Ekiti has served the party as represented by the improperly constituted NWC to appear before it on the 19th day of September, 2023.

“The case is before Justice Aladejana of High Court 3 of Ekiti State High Court”.

According to him,  the action of the NWC violates Articles 2a,  32. 1i, 39.0, 39.1i and 39.4 the of the constitution of the party.

“The same improperly constituted NWC had made attempt twice to illegally doctor the constitution of the Party,” he claimed.

On the alleged anti-party activities of Kwakwaso  he said, “This stem from his unholy romance with the then candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

“The romance as of then before the presidential election largely affected the performance of the party across board.

“The party crisis was orchestrated by an attempt by the former presidential candidate of this party, Kwakwaso to hijack structures of the party after he was challenged about his anti-party activities.

“Panels were set up without observing the disciplinary procedures as enshrined in the party constitution, those accused across the ten states were neither availed a copy of the petition purportedly written against them nor given fair hearing.

“The NWC which in itself was improperly constituted made pronouncement albeit unconstitutionally and illegally on 28 of July , saying that the party structures across ten states of Enugu, Ekiti, Kaduna, Niger, Zamfara, Rivers and four other states have been dissolved.”

Dada said that they had sent their petition on the issues to the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the party, Chief Boniface Okechukwu Aniebonam.