{"id":199632,"date":"2026-04-27T17:25:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T16:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/nnpp-sets-may-26-for-2027-primaries-for-elective-posts"},"modified":"2026-04-27T18:31:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T17:31:00","slug":"nnpp-sets-may-26-for-2027-primaries-for-elective-posts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/nnpp-sets-may-26-for-2027-primaries-for-elective-posts","title":{"rendered":"NNPP Sets May 26 for 2027 Primaries for Elective Posts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, has fixed May 26 for its primaries for all elective positions ahead of the 2027 general elections.<\/p>\n<p>The elective positions include House of Assembly, governorship, National Assembly and presidency.<\/p>\n<p>The NNPP National Publicity Secretary, Ladipo Johnson, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said that the party would adopt the consensus mode of election in all wards across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson said that the date had already being communicated to Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).<\/p>\n<p>He also disclosed that INEC had, on April 23, concluded a successful verification exercise of the party\u2019s administrative and operational structures at its national secretariat in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe seamless execution of this exercise serves as a definitive official validation of the Hon. Bala Mohammad-led National Working Committee, NWC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt effectively silences the delusions of grandeur harboured by expelled members and reaffirms our standing as the only recognised leadership of the NNPP,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson also dismissed claims by expelled members of the party challenging the NWC\u2019s authority, describing their reliance on various court orders, as \u2018shadow-boxing\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a subsisting judgment from the Federal High Court, Abuja, which clearly affirmed that these individuals are no longer members of the NNPP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy failing to bring this judgment to the attention of subsequent courts, they have deliberately withheld material facts to mislead the judiciary,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Accusing those he called detractors of using deceptive tactics to sustain a failed political project, Johnson expressed confidence that the Supreme Court would ultimately resolve the leadership tussle in favour of the current NWC.<\/p>\n<p>He urged Nigerians, particularly the youth and professionals, to participate in the ongoing party\u2019s membership registration across the 8,809 wards and 774 local government areas in the country.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, has fixed May 26 for its primaries for all elective positions ahead of the 2027 general elections. The elective positions include House of Assembly, governorship, National Assembly and presidency. The NNPP National Publicity Secretary, Ladipo Johnson, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said that the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":199631,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-199632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NNPP Sets May 26 for 2027 Primaries for Elective Posts - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, has fixed May 26 for its primaries for all elective positions ahead of the 2027 gen ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/nnpp-sets-may-26-for-2027-primaries-for-elective-posts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NNPP Sets May 26 for 2027 Primaries for Elective Posts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, has fixed May 26 for its primaries for all elective positions ahead of the 2027 gen ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/nnpp-sets-may-26-for-2027-primaries-for-elective-posts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-27T16:25:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-27T17:31:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/sm_1777311016.51873.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/nnpp-sets-may-26-for-2027-primaries-for-elective-posts#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/nnpp-sets-may-26-for-2027-primaries-for-elective-posts\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"NNPP Sets May 26 for 2027 Primaries for Elective Posts\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-27T16:25:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-27T17:31:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/nnpp-sets-may-26-for-2027-primaries-for-elective-posts\"},\"wordCount\":305,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/nnpp-sets-may-26-for-2027-primaries-for-elective-posts#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/sm_1777311016.51873.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/nnpp-sets-may-26-for-2027-primaries-for-elective-posts#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/nnpp-sets-may-26-for-2027-primaries-for-elective-posts\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/nnpp-sets-may-26-for-2027-primaries-for-elective-posts\",\"name\":\"NNPP Sets May 26 for 2027 Primaries for Elective Posts - 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