The Kano State chapter of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has expelled Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin Kofa, member representing Kiru/Bebeji Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives.
The party accused him of anti-party activities, financial default and repeated public outbursts against the party.
State chairman, Sulaiman Dungurawa, announced the decision in Kano on Saturday, saying Jibrin’s actions and utterances had become inimical to the unity and progress of the party.
Jibrin had stirred controversy on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday, where he argued that the North had ruled Nigeria for 39 and a half years compared to the South’s 28 years, dismissing claims that Nigeria’s democratic journey began in 1999.
He described such reckoning as “an insult” to former northern leaders.
“The North has had power for 39 and a half years, the South has 28 years. Nigeria started from independence in 1960… It’s an insult to the former heads of state when a northerner goes on national television and says Nigeria started from 1999,” Jibrin declared.
Dungurawa said remarks like these, combined with his financial negligence and frequent attacks on party leadership, were clear signs of betrayal.
The expulsion came less than 24 hours after Jibrin himself hinted he could quit the NNPP, saying it should not surprise anyone if he chose to leave, adding that he was “old enough to take a stand independently on what is best for him politically.”
Jibrin, a former House Appropriations Committee Chairman, has switched parties multiple times in the past, moving between the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the NNPP.
