By Juliet Umeh
The Founder and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Dr. Boniface Aniebonam, has said the party will not repeat what he described as the mistake of handing an automatic presidential ticket to its 2023 candidate, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso.
Aniebonam, in a statement issued in Lagos on Wednesday, said the party’s presidential candidate for the 2027 general election would emerge through a rigorous screening process designed to assess competence, loyalty and electoral strength.
He disclosed that the party had identified three potential presidential aspirants who would be subjected to screening before one of them is selected as its flag bearer.
The development followed the submission of a placeholder presidential candidate on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) portal in line with electoral requirements.
