- Kwankwaso Risks Legal Action Over Purchase Of PRP Nomination Forms
- The party claimed the development has created uncertainty for aspirants.
- PRP threatened legal action if the forms are not returned.
The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) in Kano State has threatened legal action against the Vice-Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, over allegations that he purchased the party’s nomination forms for various political offices in the state.
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EKO HOT BLOG reports that
The Kano State Chairman of the PRP, Abdulkadir Musa Guza, made the allegation on Sunday while addressing journalists at the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Press Centre in Kano.
Guza claimed that the development has created uncertainty among several aspirants who had planned to contest elections on the platform of the party.
According to him, many party members who had paid for nomination forms are now unsure of their political future following the alleged purchase.
“I was in Kaduna as State Chairman of PRP to participate at the party retreat and also obtained forms for my people who were contesting various offices in Kano and who paid for them but I was told that somebody had purchased all the forms.
“When I pressed hard to know who the person was, the national secretary of our party told me that it was Kwankwaso and I asked why, they said we are in talks with him for his possible defections to our party,” Guza said.
The PRP chairman stated that after waiting several days without any indication that Kwankwaso intended to join the party, concerns began to emerge regarding the purpose of the alleged purchase.
“After days without any sign of Kwankwaso defecting to the PRP, it became apparent that he may have been engaged in a mischievous mission against the party, as one cannot belong to another party while holding another party’s forms.
“We don’t know his missions, that is why we are telling every listening ears the situation,” he added.
Guza warned that the party would pursue legal action if the forms were not returned before the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) closes the window for the submission of candidates’ names.
“That is why we are taking legal actions against him should he refuse to surrender our forms before INEC closes time for submission of contestants’ names to their office.
“It is not only our party that is suffering this negative fate. Other parties are facing the same problems as us,” he stated.
The allegations come amid ongoing political realignments and speculations ahead of future electoral contests, although Kwankwaso has yet to publicly respond to the claims.
