The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the New Nigeria Peoples Party has suspended its candidate in the presidential election, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso for alleged anti-party activities for a period of 6 months.

The BoT also suspended the National Working Committee of the party, and appointed new national officers headed by Dr Agbo Major as acting National Chairman and Mr Ogini Olaposi as acting National Secretary with 18 others.

The suspensions were approved by the Board of Trustees after it was put to a voice vote at a special general assembly, held in Apapa.

Addressing newsmen at the end of the meeting, Secretary of the BoT, Babayo Muhammed Abdulahi, accused Kwankwaso of socializing with President Bola Tinubu, the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and the presidential candidate of the Labour Party Mr. Peter Obi, without the board’s authorization.

Abdullahi also announced that Kwankwaso had been removed from the status of NNPP national leader.