The New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) is open to allying with the All Progressives Congress (APC), according to Abdulmumin Jibrin, a member of the House of Representatives who represents the Kiru and Bebeji Federal Constituency.

In a message he shared on his X account on Friday, Mr Jibrin refuted rumours circulating in the media that his party, the NNPP, is in merger negotiations with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The statement read: “Our attention has been drawn to a widely circulated message on some sections of the media that our great party, NNPP is in talks with the PDP and other parties for possible coalition.

“There is no any element of truth in this. It’s a blatant lie. Our party has consistently maintained a neutral stand that we are open to collaboration, alliance, and even merger with the APC, PDP, LP and any other political party.

“There is presently no any talk whatsoever ongoing and the party did not attend any meeting to discuss coalition or merger with PDP or any other party. It is an act of mischief makers and should be regarded as such.”

Special prayers were said on Monday in Kano for President Bola Tinubu and Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso, the National Leader of the NNPP, according to a different statement made by the lawmaker’s media assistant, Sani Paki.

In his brief remarks at the event, Mr Kofa said his relationship with Mr Tinubu is no secret.

Meanwhile, the National Secretary of NNPP, Oginni Olaposi Sunday on Sunday described the purported coalition involving the party and six other political parties tagged “Coalition of Concerned Political Parties” as fake and untrue.

Oginni insisted that the party has not authorized any coalition with any political party, warning PDP and general public to disregard involvement of NNPP in the purported coalition.

Oginni said this in a letter addressed to the Board of Trustees Chairman of People’s Democratic Party, (PDP) and made available to newsmen in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital.

The party secretary cautioned PDP to stop dealing with people that did not represent the interest of New Nigeria People’s Party.

He urged the PDP leadership not to get entangled in the “manipulating scheme or illegal plans being sold out by some expelled members of the party, including, Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso under the guise of being a former presidential candidate of NNPP which is laughable”.

He said, “I have the collective instruction of Dr. Boniface Okechukwu Aniebonam, the Founder and Life Member of the Board of Trustees of the NNPP, Dr. Temitope Aluko, the Chairman, Board of Trustees of the NNPP, and Engr. Abdullahi Babayo, the Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the NNPP and The National Chairman, Dr Agbo Gilbert Major, all of the NNPP’s National Secretariat, Winlands Plaza, Wuse Zone 4, FCT Abuja.

“It is a known fact in Nigeria today that Sen. Kwankwaso is an unstable politician who was a member of the APC, after which he decamped to your party, the PDP, and he only eloped to the NNPP in February 2022 in the build up of the last general elections with the ambition of contesting in the presidential election, which we all knew and you will agree that Kwankwaso never stood any chance in the top three, but we graciously allowed him the platform of our party to satisfy his curiosity and desires.

“Sen. Kwankwaso enjoyed the magnanimity and benevolence of our great party to contest in the last election in which NNPP secured the seat of the Governor of Kano State.

“Today His Excellency, Abba Kabir Yusuf, is facing serious legal battles on the validity of his election, and the travails being faced by the said NNPP’s governor, Abba Yusuf were endangered by the greed, high handedness and manipulations of Sen. Kwankwaso for his own selfish interest and ambitions at the expense of the success of our party as a whole”.

“It is pertinent to also state that Sen. Kwankwaso through his so-called Kwankwasia Group has destabilized and caused great damage to our party by planning to hijack the structures of the party, and hurt so many members at various levels today just to satisfy his greed and selfish ambition, which is seriously regretted that we allowed him into our party at all.

“But it is worthy of note that we did not sell our party to Sen. Kwankwaso and his Kwankwasia Group, and Sen. Kwankwaso is not the owner of NNPP. He only came to contest in the 2023 general elections and lost as afforded him under the Memorandum of Understanding entered with Kwankwasia and TNM in 2022. The said Memorandum upon which they came has no legal or binding effect on NNPP, same having expired after the general elections, and Sen. Kwankwaso and his cohorts have been expelled from NNPP.

“This letter therefore serves as a formal caveat to your party, (PDP) and others by notifying you that the NNPP has not, and is not authorizing any coalition with your party or any other political party for that matter as is being speculated and published”.

“In the circumstance, to do otherwise and proceed with the purported coalition in any matter with Sen. Kwankwaso in the name of the NNPP, will be serious hypocrisy on your part and feigning ignorance of a glaring and well established fact that Sen. Kwankwaso is not a member of the NNPP, and he has no locus or authority to engage in any form of negotiation and/or coalition on behalf of our great party(NNPP).

“The relevant regulatory agency, security agency of the Federal Government and the general public will be notified immediately to ensure that your party and Sen. Kwankwaso do not cause any further damage to our party, and to prevent any avoidable breakdown of law and order, besides needless litigations.

“We strongly request that you avoid our terrain and mind your business please, to ensure a peaceful and cordial co-existence of Inter Party relationship”.

“Kindly take note that NNPP is not for sale.”