The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Bauchi State chapter, has suspended its Chairman, Alhaji Sani Shehu Sani, citing gross misconduct and disrespect to the national leadership.

North East Zonal Secretary of NNPP, Babayo Liman, announced the suspension to journalists, yesterday, in Bauchi.

Liman said the suspended chairman had refused to acknowledge the query issued to him on July 6, 2022, to explain why he publicly challenged and insulted the Secretary-General of the Board of Trustees (BOT), Buba Galadima.

He asked Sani to proceed on indefinite suspension for lacking commitment to the ideals of the party, gross misconduct and disrespect to a national officer.

But Sani said he was not aware of his purported suspension, adding: “They didn’t inform me, and it has nothing to do with me.”