2027: Senator Ireti Kingibe Dumps Labour Party For ADC
Senator Ireti Kingibe, who represents the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in the National Assembly, has resigned from the Labour Party (LP) and joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC) ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Speaking to journalists in Abuja, Kingibe described the move as a deliberate political decision.
She said her formal induction into the ADC would be marked by celebration.
“I’m totally and completely committed to ADC,” she said. “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.”
When asked about her confidence in the ADC and the coalition it is building, Kingibe said, “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.”
On whether her defection could cost her seat in the Senate, she cited the existence of two clear factions within the Labour Party as justification under the constitution.
“I ask you to please read the constitution. There are two factions — clear factions — of Labour Party.
“Even INEC got two sets of results and candidates, though they didn’t accept any. So if you ask me to stay in Labour Party, which faction do you want me to stay in?”
She added, “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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