
The Digest:
NNPP National Chairman Ajuji Ahmed has dismissed recent party defectors as "renegades," offering them a sharp, metaphorical farewell during the party's NEC meeting in Abuja. He described their move as jumping from "calm waters" directly into a "burning fire."
Key Points:
- Ahmed wished the defectors a "rough road" in their new political journey
- He asserted the NNPP remains united and uncaptured by external forces
- The chairman praised the NNPP-led government in Kano for its performance
- He warned against moves to impose a one-party state in Nigeria
- Ahmed referenced the political axiom of "a combination of the combinables"
- He assured members the NWC is strengthening the party for future elections
- The remarks frame defection as a choice leading to self-implosion
Sources: The Cable