By Bashir Bello
KANO – A Kano excessive court docket presided over by Justice Zuwaira Yusuf has affirmed the suspension of the Kano State Chairman, New Nigeria Individuals’s Celebration, NNPP, Hon. Hashimu Dungurawa from his Gargari ward in Dawakin-Tofa native authorities space of the state.
The court docket additionally restrained Dungurawa from parading himself as Chairman of NNPP in Kano pending the ultimate dedication of the court docket.
In a movement exparte dated thirtieth December, 2025 and filed by Shuaibu Hassan and 9 others, in opposition to Hon. Hashimu Dungurawa and NNPP following the sooner suspension of Dungurawa.
The plaintiffs who’re additionally members of Gargari ward in Dawakin-Tofa native authorities had sought the court docket to uphold the disciplinary processes and subsequent suspension of Dungurawa from the celebration after allegations of denigrating the workplace and particular person of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, creating division within the celebration and failure to pay celebration dues.
The plaintiffs via their legal professionals Ok Njidda Esq and S. A. Muhammad Esq equally moved an originating summon looking for the court docket to find out whether or not it’s motion in opposition to Dungurawa was in accordance with the availability of NNPP’s structure.
Granting the interlocutory injunction on Friday, Justice Zuwaira Yusuf of state excessive court docket 13 granted the exparte order as pleaded.
In response to Justice Yusuf, Dungurawa is restrained from parading himself as Chairman following his suspension from his ward pending listening to of the substantive movement.
Within the go well with case no. KN/1218/2026 Justice Yusuf directed “An order that the suspension of the first respondent on the thirtieth December, 2025 shall be maintained pending the listening to and dedication of the movement on discover. The candidates are hereby ordered that the method be served on the respondents”.
The court docket additionally order events to keep up establishment ante because it was after thirtieth December, 2025. The matter is adjourned to nineteenth January, 2026 for listening to on the substantive movement.
In the meantime, the state government Council of the celebration has affirmed the nomination of Hon. Abdullahi Zubairu Abiya as new Performing State Chairman of the New Nigeria Individuals’s Celebration (NNPP) in Kano State, following the sacking of the previous State Chairman, Hashimu Dungurawa.
The appointment was endorsed by the NNPP State Govt Committee after an emergency assembly held on the celebration’s secretariat in Kano not too long ago. The choice was introduced by Barrister Yusuf Mukhtar, the Assistant Authorized Adviser of the celebration, who stated Abiya’s appointment was consistent with the provisions of the NNPP structure.
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