The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) says the three newly appointed special aides by Governor AbdulRaman AbdulRazaq are not its representatives but ‘Talban group members’.

The NNPP’s chairman in Kwara, AbdulSalam AbdulRazaq, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday.

The Kwara governor recently announced appointing four members of the NNPP as his special advisers as part of his inclusive governance.

But the party chairman asserted that the appointees were unknown to the NNPP in Kwara.

“The appointments were not routed through the party, as there was no nomination or input from the party members and executives. The state leaders of the party observed that the persons who benefited from the appointment are ‘Talban group members’ and not NNPP,” the opposition party’s statement explained.

The NNPP added, “The party noted that moves by the former gubernatorial candidate of the party, Prof Shuaibu AbdulRaheem, was a one-man arrangement and not in the interest of the party.”

The NNPP chairman claimed that during the build-up to the February 25 and March 18 elections, there were negotiations from different contestants and parties to join forces with NNPP, which the party turned down.

“NNPP in Kwara is not collapsing its structures with APC or any political party. We remain focused and also call on Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq to lift bans on local government elections as soon as possible, as NNPP is fully prepared to fill candidates in all 16 local government areas of the state,” the statement said.

(NAN)