A Kano High Court presided over by Justice Zuwaira Yusuf has affirmed the suspension of the Kano State Chairman of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Hon. Hashimu Dungurawa, from his Gargari Ward in Dawakin-Tofa Local Government Area of the state.
The court also restrained Dungurawa from parading himself as Chairman of the NNPP in Kano pending the final determination of the case.
The order followed a motion ex parte dated December 30, 2025, and filed by Shuaibu Hassan and nine others against Hon. Hashimu Dungurawa and the NNPP, following the earlier suspension of Dungurawa.
The plaintiffs, who are also members of Gargari Ward in Dawakin-Tofa Local Government Area, sought the court’s intervention to uphold the disciplinary processes and subsequent suspension of Dungurawa from the party over allegations of denigrating the office and person of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, creating division within the party, and failure to pay party dues.
The plaintiffs, through their lawyers, K. Njidda Esq. and S. A. Muhammad Esq., also filed an originating summons seeking the court’s determination on whether their actions against Dungurawa were in accordance with the provisions of the NNPP constitution.
Granting the interlocutory injunction on Friday, Justice Zuwaira Yusuf of High Court No. 13 granted the ex parte order as prayed.
According to Justice Yusuf, Dungurawa is restrained from parading himself as Chairman following his suspension from his ward, pending the hearing of the substantive motion.
In Suit No. KN/1218/2026, Justice Yusuf directed: “An order that the suspension of the 1st respondent on December 30, 2025, shall be maintained pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice. The applicants are hereby ordered to serve the processes on the respondents.”
The court also ordered the parties to maintain the status quo ante as it was after December 30, 2025. The matter was adjourned to January 19, 2026, for hearing of the substantive motion.
Meanwhile, the State Executive Council of the party has affirmed the nomination of Hon. Abdullahi Zubairu Abiya as the new Acting State Chairman of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in Kano State, following the removal of the former State Chairman, Hashimu Dungurawa.
The appointment was endorsed by the NNPP State Executive Committee after an emergency meeting held recently at the party’s secretariat in Kano. The decision was announced by Barrister Yusuf Mukhtar, the Assistant Legal Adviser of the party, who said Abiya’s appointment was in line with the provisions of the NNPP constitution.
