The Kano State High Court has affirmed Hon. Abdullahi Zubairu Abiya as the Acting State Chairman of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in Kano State.
The court also upheld the suspension of the former State Chairman, Alhaji Hashimu Dungurawa, and restrained him from interfering in the affairs of the party pending the determination of the substantive suit.
Justice Zuwaira Yusuf of High Court No. 13, Miller Road, Kano, made the order in an interim ruling following a motion ex-parte dated Dec. 30, 2025.
The motion was filed by members of the NNPP from Gargari Ward in Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area, seeking the court’s intervention over the leadership crisis rocking the party.
In the ruling, Justice Yusuf maintained the suspension of Dungurawa effected on Dec. 30, 2025, and ordered that all court processes be duly served on the respondents.
The court further restrained Dungurawa from parading himself as the NNPP State Chairman or interfering with party affairs pending the hearing and determination of the substantive motion.
The suit, marked KN/1218/2026, was instituted by Abdullahi Ali Uban Iya, Shuaibu Hassan and Auwal Sani Abubakar.
The applicants urged the court to uphold the disciplinary process that led to Dungurawa’s suspension by his ward executive over allegations of denigrating the office and person of Gov. Abba Kabir Yusuf, creating division within the party and failure to pay party dues.
Justice Yusuf also ordered parties to maintain the status quo ante as it existed after Dec. 30, 2025, pending the determination of the case, and fixed Jan. 19 for hearing of the substantive suit filed by the Dawakin Tofa Local Government Executive Committee of the NNPP against the former chairman.
Meanwhile, the NNPP State Executive Committee has endorsed the emergence of Abiya as Acting State Chairman following the suspension of Dungurawa.
The endorsement was made during an emergency meeting of the party’s state executive committee held at the NNPP secretariat in Kano.
Announcing the decision, the party’s Assistant Legal Adviser, Barr. Yusuf Mukhtar, said Abiya’s emergence was in line with the provisions of the NNPP Constitution.
“His emergence is in accordance with the party’s constitution and has been affirmed by the State High Court through today’s ex-parte order,” Mukhtar said.
