Court Orders INEC to Recognise Agbo - NNPP Faction
Last update: March 18, 2026
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NNPP celebrates Abuja Court victory over Kwankwaso...
Members of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) on Wednesday stormed the office of its founder, Dr Boniface Aniebonam, in Apapa, Lagos, celebrating a court victory over a faction led by Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso.
Supporters, including members of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), were seen dancing and offering prayers following the ruling.
The Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja on Tuesday ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognise the Agbo Major-led National Working Committee of the NNPP and reject the Kwankwasiya Movement aligned with Kwankwaso, the party’s 2023 presidential candidate.
The dispute is the latest in a series of legal battles over control of the party.
In a swift response, the Kwankwasiya Movement, in a statement signed by its publicity secretary, Ladipo Johnson, described the judgment as a “dangerous low” in Nigeria’s judicial history and said it would appeal.
Johnson said the ruling by Justice Bello Kawu was “patently illegal and logically defiant”.
Speaking to journalists, Aniebonam criticised the remarks, saying it was inappropriate for a lawyer to attack the judiciary over an unfavourable judgment.
He argued that the Kwankwaso faction could not file a fresh appeal on the matter, citing an existing case pending before the Court of Appeal in Owerri over a related ruling by an Abia State High Court.
Attempting to approach another appellate court, he said, would amount to an abuse of court process.
Aniebonam maintained that the judgment compelling INEC to act was grounded in law and condemned what he described as “acerbic utterances” against judges.
He said he founded the NNPP in 2001, while Kwankwaso, Buba Galadima and their allies joined the party in 2022 under a memorandum of understanding.
According to him, the agreement has since lapsed and the individuals involved were expelled from the party.
Aniebonam added that the ruling could help explain political developments in Kano State, including the defection of Governor Abba Yusuf to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), which he linked to ongoing legal disputes.
