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NNPP Crisis: Kwankwaso Loses as Court Affirms Agbo Major Leadership
. NNPP writes INEC, seeks immediate enthronement of court order

[quote]The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Abuja has issued fresh orders restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from recognising or engaging with any faction of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) other than the leadership headed by Dr. Agbo Gilbert Major.

Justice Bello Kawu, sitting at High Court No. 14, Apo, granted the orders on 25 and 27 November 2025 in two separate ex parte applications filed by the NNPP, which accused a rival faction led by Dr. Ajuju Ahmed and several others of attempting to mislead the electoral commission despite existing court judgments affirming the Agbo Major leadership.

In the first ruling delivered on 25 November, the court granted the NNPP leave to apply for judicial review by way of mandamus and held that the leave shall operate as a stay of any contrary or inconsistent action, recognition, or communication by INEC or the respondents concerning the party’s leadership.

Justice Kawu also ordered accelerated hearing and abridged timelines for all parties to file their processes, fixing 10 December 2025 for substantive hearing.

A subsequent ruling on 27 November permitted substituted service on 16 respondents via the NNPP National Secretariat in Abuja and further restrained INEC—whether by its officers or departments from monitoring, attending or participating in any congress or convention organised by the factional group until the main suit is determined.

The respondents include prominent members of the factional group: Dr. Ajuju Ahmed, Hon. Abba Kawu Ali, Prince Nwaeze Onu, Hon. Aladipo Alayokun, Ladipo Johnson, Arc. Mohammed Abacha, Mustapha Alkassim and others.

Following the court orders, the NNPP’s legal team formally notified the new INEC Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, SAN, of the binding directives.

In the letter dated 26 November 2025, the party congratulated the newly appointed chairman and emphasised that the Commission must now ensure strict compliance with judicial orders governing the leadership dispute.

The NNPP reminded the Commission that multiple judgments—including those of the High Court of Abia State (HUZ/11/2024) and the FCT High Court (FCT/HC/CV/5518/2024) had already affirmed the validity of the national convention that produced Dr. Agbo Major, while dismissing attempts by the Ahmed-led faction to seize control of the party.

Despite these judgments, the NNPP alleged that INEC had previously extended recognition and engagement to the factional group, even after an “unauthorized and illegal” letter dated 31 October 2025 was sent to the Commission by Dr. Ajuju Ahmed and Dipo Olayoku, purporting to notify INEC of planned party congresses and a national convention.

The party insisted that the individuals “have no authority, standing or legal relationship” with the NNPP and warned that any attempt by INEC to engage them would amount to wilful disobedience of court orders and a violation of Section 287(3) of the 1999 Constitution.

The letter stressed that no public authority is permitted to place itself above judicial orders or foist a fait accompli upon the courts, citing the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Governor of Lagos State v. Ojukwu.

Justice Kawu’s orders categorically bar INEC from engaging with any faction aside from the Agbo Major-led leadership.

The court also ordered that INEC must not upload, publish, or recognize any party logo, communication, or document originating from the factional respondents pending the determination of the judicial review.

The NNPP was directed to serve all processes on the respondents within five days of the order, while the respondents have five days to file their counter-affidavits. The party may reply within three days thereafter.

The matter has been adjourned to 10 December 2025 for hearing at High Court No. 14, Apo, Abuja.

The orders represent the latest development in a protracted internal battle for control of the NNPP, a conflict that has spawned multiple litigations across different jurisdictions since 2023.

It is to state clearly that INEC should as a matter of necessity upload the Dr Agbo Major Gilbert and Comrade Oginni Olaposi Sunday led NWC executive of the party in their official website and restore the original logo and colour of the party within 48hrs on reciept of the enrolment order

There should not be any vacuum in governance thus keeping the party administration and management alive before the next adjourned date of 10th December 2025

dre11:
Four Defence Ministry Directors Freed By Terrorists After Weeks As Two Others Feared Killed





https://saharareporters.com/2025/11/22/breaking-four-defence-ministry-directors-freed-terrorists-after-weeks-two-others-feared

Nlfpmod

The founder of the Living Faith Church Worldwide and Senior Pastor of the Faith Tabernacle, Bishop David Oyedepo, has stated that Nigeria will never become an Islamic state, condemning the surge in killings and insecurity across the country.

Oyedepo, while addressing the congregation during the 4th Pre-Shiloh Encounter Service on Sunday, expressed concern over continued attacks on worshippers and communities, describing the growing violence as “unacceptable” and “a direct assault on innocent lives.”

He said, “The Church of Christ in Nigeria is indestructible. The gates of hell cannot prevail against it. Nigeria will never become an Islamic state. Never, never, never. The battle is raging. The Islamic jihadists are running. But we belong to a higher realm of authority.”

He condemned the attackers and those he accused of sponsoring them, placing a curse on them.

“Five people were shot dead in a church last week. Thirty-five abductees can’t tell where they are. And they are demanding a hundred million from a village setting.

“Every perpetrator of these killings and their sponsors come under a curse today,” he said.

Oyedepo urged members of the church and Christians nationwide to engage in seven days of intensive prayer beginning at midnight, describing it as a spiritual response to worsening insecurity.

“When this church prays, God hears. All who are baptised in the Holy Ghost will join me in praying extensively in the spirit. By so doing, we are sending angels on a run. There will be catastrophes.

“There will be catastrophes. There shall be catastrophes. In the camp of the wicked, there shall be catastrophes,” he said.

He directed congregants to anoint their homes and workplaces as “no-go areas” and to take spiritual responsibility for the protection of their families and communities.

He added that attacks on church members would no longer go unanswered, announcing that a spiritual operation would begin at midnight.

kaltonga:
If Nigeria does not arrest this character then I know that we are not serious..This man is doing all he can to stamp out the terrorist tag on Fulanis.
Besides how did he know the head count and who is who

DomPerignon:
Kabiru Sokoto who masterminded and carried out the Christmas day bombing of a Catholic church in Suleja is Ebira.

This I can confirm.

Someone asked;

*As Nigrians Let us ask ourselves this question: *and how do we became like this*

1. 99% of boko haram and iswap in Borno, yobe and Adamawa are kanuri why ?

2. Many bandit foot souldiers in the northwest are suspected to be fulani.

3. Most bandit informants in the Northwest are hausa by tribe 90%.

4. Most terrorist arms manufacturers are berom from Plateau state.

5. The national leader and founder of Mahmudawa terrorist group in Kwara state Abubakar Abba Aka Malam Mahmud is hausa from Daura, katsina state.

6. 100% of all the terrorists and bandits in the South-East that is igbo land, are typical igbo

7. 90% of iswap terrorising Kogi and ondo states are Ebira by tribe.

8. Most bandits in the Niger Delta are mostly Ijaw Urhobo and Eshekiro

9. Most kidnappers, Human butchers and human body parts sellers in the southwest are yoruba by tribe.

10. Most bandits and terrorist terrorising Benue and Taraba states are tiv mostly from Sankera axis of benue state

11. Most baby factory owners and patronizers are igbo

12. Most drug dealers and drug barons of Nigerian origin, arrested across the globe are igbo.

13. 90% of Phone snatchers that kill people in Kaduna and kano are hausa.

14. Most Yahoo boys and international fraudsters and Scammers are Edo, igbo.

Pls where are we going as Nigerians ?

what is our future from here ? Which way Nigeria

“They Are Threatening And Warning Me To Stop Exposing Tinubu’s Government At The Global Level Over The Ongoing Killings Of Christians In Nigeria By Fulani T£rrorists. They Say They’re Watching My Every Move From Aso Rock.”- Evangelist Ezekiel Dachomo Reveals pic.twitter.com/gALViwSh77

— Somto Okonkwo (@General_Somto) November 21, 2025

MadeInTokyo:
Kaduna-based cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has said that herdsmen are killing Christians in retaliation for attacks launched against them by Christian communities.

Mr Gumi, a self-appointed advocate for bandits and killer herdsmen, made this claim in a post on his Facebook page on Thursday.

“The Christians at ‘fault lines’ in war with herdsmen, do also attack and counterattack. They kill and they are also killed. We regret all loss of lives. Don’t talk of Tafawa Balewa, Yalwan Shandam, Kafanchan, Zangon Kataf, Kaduna crises, etc.,” Mr Gumi said.

The cleric added, “There is no Christian genocide. I was in Kano, Lagos and Ibadan in the last two days. Christians are going about their business. They are in power, economy and security outfits.”

The cleric warned against foreign intervention to combat insecurity.

“The only option left is to utilise our national resources equitably to educate, develop and protect all Nigerians, herdsmen included. Any foreign military intervention would only worsen the precarious situation, as nobody can control these outlawed groups on both sides.”

Recently, Mr Gumi claimed he was told that Christians were burying empty coffins and recording the process to stage Christian genocide.

https://gazettengr.com/nigerian-christians-kill-herdsmen-so-theyre-also-killed-no-genocide-gumi/