Great Nigeria People's Party
The party was formed by a splinter group from the Nigerian People's Party, the group was led by Waziri Ibrahim, a politician and businessman from Borno.Waziri was one of the leaders of the three associations that formed the nucleus of NPP.However, the entry of Nnamdi Azikiwe to NPP led to a power struggle in which Waziri lost.Waziri then led a group of minorities in the north and some southerners to form the Great Nigeria Peoples Party.Though the original intentions of leaders of the party was to surpass ethnic and sectarian politics, the party's strength nevertheless lay in the northeast, among the Kanuris and some northern minorities.