The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) has dismissed allegations that former Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, purchased 69 nomination forms from the party in Kano, describing the claim as false and politically motivated.
The PRP National Chairman, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, rejected the allegation during an interview on ARISE NEWS on Tuesday, saying the party’s recognised Kano State leadership had already disowned the claim.
Baba-Ahmed said there was no basis for the allegation, arguing that the individual who claimed to have sold the nomination forms was neither a member of the party nor an authorised official permitted to conduct such transactions.
“This is complete fiction,” Baba-Ahmed said, adding that the Kano State chairman of the PRP had issued a statement rejecting the allegation.
According to him, Kwankwaso could not have purchased 69 nomination forms from the party because the PRP did not sell nomination forms in Kano under the circumstances being alleged.
The party chairman explained that the nomination process had already been completed, with aspirants registering, participating in primaries and emerging as candidates more than a month before the controversy arose.
He suggested that the allegation may have emerged from political disagreements within Kano State.
“The man who spoke and said he had sold 69 forms to Kwankwaso is not known to the party at all. He has no position and no authority to sell any forms,” he said.
Baba-Ahmed said the party was surprised by the allegation and insisted that the PRP’s internal structures remained intact.
He added that the party had successfully overcome attempts from within and outside its ranks to destabilise it and remained prepared for future electoral contests.
