The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) says the dissolution of the Kano State executives of the party at all levels stands and cannot be reversed by a court order.

This is contained in a statement issued by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Ladipo Johnson, in Abuja on Thursday

SolaceBase had reported that a Kano State High Court presided by Justice Nasiru Saminu had invalidated the dissolution of the party’s state, local government and ward executive councils in Kano.

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the party had last week announced the dissolution of all NNPP structures in Kano following the suspension of the state chairman, Hon. Hashim Dungurawa, who was subsequently replaced by Abdullahi Abiya in an acting capacity.

In an ex parte order granted, the court restrained the NNPP National Working Committee from taking any further steps concerning the leadership structure of the party in Kano pending the hearing and determination of a motion on notice filed by the plaintiffs.

The suit, marked No. K/06/2026 was instituted by Abdullahi Zubairu Imam and five others on behalf of the NNPP executive committees in the 44 local government areas of the state against the New Nigerian Peoples Party as defendant, challenging their dissolution.

In the interim injunction, Justice Saminu directed all parties to maintain the status quo ante as of December 30, 2025, prior to the dissolution directive issued by the party’s NWC.

However, Johnson said that the reaction followed media reports that a High Court in Kano State had reversed the dissolution of the party’s executive committees at the state, local government and ward levels in line with the NNPP Constitution.

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He said the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) regards the purported reversal of its internal decisions by the court as “an ordinary street rumour” because it had not been served with any court process.

He said while the media reported that the court, via an ex parte order by Justice Nasiru Saminu on Tuesday, allegedly granted an interim injunction to this effect, the party leadership is yet to be served any court document.

Johnson said if the court order was in any way confirmed, such action would clearly be inconsistent with legal procedures and established legal precedents.

He said it was evidently a misnomer for a judge to purportedly grant such an over-reaching interim injunction against a completed action by the NWC of the party.

“We still regard the whole orchestration as a mere rumour. But if this is confirmed, we will take firm legal measures and ensure that the purported illegal injunction does not stand.

“Obviously, it can never stand because it is an illegality, a clear abuse of court process, as the court lacks the jurisdiction to reverse a decision by the party, being an internal affair of the party.

“The dissolution of Kano State executives of the party at all levels therefore stands,” he said.

Johnson explained that the Supreme Court, in a plethora of cases, ruled that political party affairs were non-justiciable as such matters were the internal affairs of political parties.

“Therefore, the purported reversal by a Kano State High Court of the decision of the NWC of NNPP cannot be an exception.

“If the reported injunction of this nature is confirmed to be true, then it could only be described as an exercise in legal rascality,” he said.

Johnson added that in established instances of this nature, the NNPP would have no option than to take all necessary measures to ensure that the judicial officers involved were duly sanctioned by the National Judicial Council. (NAN)