Olalekan Awojodu, Abuja
The New Nigeria Individuals’s Party (NNPP) has accused its 2023 presidential candidate, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and 13 others of allegedly mismanaging over N2.5 billion marketing campaign funds.
The celebration has subsequently dragged them to the {Economic} and {Financial} Crimes Fee.
A petition to that impact signed by the Nationwide Secretary, Comrade Oginni Olaposi Sunday, is titled: “Petition in opposition to Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwanso and 13 others over mismanagement and embezzlement of NNPP funds.”
Copies of the petition was made accessible to FirstNews on Sunday.
The petition has already been submitted to the {Economic} and {Financial} Crime Fee Headquarters at Cadastral District, Jabi , Abuja on the 2nd of Could 2024.
It was alleged within the petition that ” In 2022 Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso via his Representatives led by Elder Buba Galadima and different revered Nigerians which included however not restricted to Senator Hunkuyi Suleiman and Prof Bem Angwe approached the Management of New Nigeria Individuals’s Party (NNPP) on the Nation dwelling of Dr. Boniface Okechukwu Aniebonam- The Founding father of our nice celebration.
It reads additional: “Current on the assembly had been the unique members of our nice celebration together with the present Nationwide Chairman of the celebration Dr Main Agbo Gilbert and the Expelled Nationwide Secretary of the celebration Mr Dipo Olayoku.
“Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso requested via his Representatives for a possibility to contest for The Workplace of The President of Nigeria on our political celebration platform. We obliged him without charge with a memorandum of understanding entered into and duly signed by each events.
“Accordingly, the Nationwide Govt Committee was dissolved and new officers elected to run the celebration. We did this with a really clear thoughts however unknown to us Senator Kwankwaso simply wished to make use of our political celebration to propagate the kwankwasia motion and equally use it for political good points
“As Occasions unfolds,We realise that Senator Rabiu Musa kwankwaso was not within the Presidential Election fairly he used our platform to corruptly enrich himself monetarily.
“The entire thing turned apparent when funds as a consequence of polling brokers throughout the elections had been denied, NNPP’s members throughout the Nation turned annoyed and until immediately the brokers allowance for 2023 Normal Elections remained unpaid.
“It’s price noting that Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso perpetrated unimaginable fraud through the use of some boys he tagged ” Kwankwasias Students” with the connivance of The defunct NWC led by Abba Kawu and Olayokun Oladipupo as Fee Officers throughout the Nation throughout the 2023 Normal Elections.
“These so-called Kwankwasia Students had been later ordered to return all the cash again to him(Kwankwaso) with out fee to the celebration brokers until immediately all through the federation.
“As we write this immediately all of the NNPP’s polling brokers are nonetheless demanding for his or her cash and threatening breach of peace if not paid.
“Mr. Chairman sir, chances are you’ll be shocked to know that until immediately all the cash from the gross sales of nomination varieties, membership subscription charges, and donations made by donors and mates of the celebration are but to be accounted for.
“Recognizing the truth that anybody coming to fairness should include clear fingers, It’s our concern {that a} celebration with the potentiality of forming a Authorities of A New Nigeria should guarantee that Charity begins at dwelling by purging ourselves of each tendency of Corruption and mismanagement of funds.
“On the aforementioned allegations, we hereby request that you just examine the account of NEW NIGERIA PEOPLE’S PARTY ranging from March 2022 until date.
“The mismanagement and embezzlement of public funds below the management and management of Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso can’t be overemphasized.
“The below listed individuals are in a greater place to assist the {Economic} and {Financial} Crime Fee in the midst of its investigation to hint the celebration funds from March 2022 to April 2024.
“The mismanagement and inherent corruption below the watch of Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, Abba Kawu, ,Dipo Olayokun and Elder Buba Galadima and others is nonetheless estimated to the sum of two.5 billion Naira within the Party’s United {Bank} of Africa+ UBA) Account with account title – New Nigeria Peoples Party and account quantity ‘ 1024986303 .
“Consequently, one other marketing campaign account created by Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso to obtain marketing campaign donations and different celebration funds are strongly suspected to have been misappropriated with chunk of the stolen cash passing via the non-public accounts of Abba Kawu the previous Performing Nationwide Chairman, Oladipupo Olayoku , the Expelled Nationwide Secretary, Folashade Aliyu Senator Kwankwaso’s private aide, Senator kwankwaso himself as The Presidential Candidate, Buba Galadima and others that inquiry into the account will reveal.
“All earlier makes an attempt by the Board of Trustees of NEW NIGERIA PEOPLE’S PARTY to get Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and his accomplices to supply particulars of what occurred to celebration funds have been frequently rebuffed and resisted.
“As a Political Party With whole respect for the rule of Regulation, We determined to keep away from a breach of peace and attainable violence by not confronting them bodily therefore one of many best wants for this petition.
“We sincerely thank your Indefagitable fee to your anticipated fast intervention to make sure that there isn’t a sacred cow and that accountability is the very best antidote to corruption in our nationwide polity” the Petitioner Concluded.
In the meantime, efforts by ths medium to get Alhaji Kwakwanso or any of his associates fingered within the alleged fraud to remark was futile as on the time of going to the press.
