Sunday, July 13, 2025 - Ahead of the 2027 general election, Senator Ireti Kingibe, who represents the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in the Senate, has officially defected from the Labour Party (LP) to the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
Addressing journalists in Abuja, Kingibe described her move
as a calculated and deliberate political decision, noting that her formal
induction into the ADC would be marked with “fanfare.”
“I’m totally
and completely committed to ADC. But obviously, as the senator representing the
Federal Capital Territory, don’t expect me to just take a lunch break and go
collect a card. I want to do so with noise and fanfare.”
Responding to questions about her confidence in ADC’s
leadership and the evolving political coalition she is joining, Kingibe
expressed optimism while acknowledging that the party is still in its formative
stages.
“It’s
something that is evolving. So you cannot say while your child is still
crawling that you are not happy with how he’s going to run. You wait. We are
growing.”
She maintained that her move was constitutional and grounded
in her respect for the rule of law.
“If there
were not two distinct factions of Labour Party, I would not presume to decamp,
because that is unconstitutional. But they are. And this is the definition the
constitution gave why it would be okay to decamp to anywhere I wanted to go. I
just chose ADC.
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