From Paul Orude, Bauchi
The North East Zonal Secretary of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Alhaji Babayo Liman, has announced the suspension of the state acting chairman of the party, Alhaji Sani Shehu Sani, Mallam indefinitely.
The zonal secretary ordered the acting chairman to proceed on an indefinite suspension
He addressed a press conference on Wednesday at the Bauchi secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUC) over what he alleged was a lack of commitment to the ideals of the party, gross misconduct, and disrespect to a national officer of the party.
Liman who was accompanied by some members of the party said that the zonal office of the party after reviewing the allegations against the state acting chairman issued him a query.
He said Sani refused to collect the query, hence the zonal office had no option but to suspend him from office in order to move the party forward.
Reacting to his purported suspension the embattled chairman, Sani Shehu said he was not aware of it.
“They didn’t inform me, and it has nothing to do with me,” Sani said.