File: Senator Ireti Kingibe
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday struck out a suit seeking to stop Senator Ireti Kingibe from participating in all activities of the African Democratic Congress following her alleged suspension from the party by the Wuse Ward Executive in Abuja.
The presiding judge, Justice Peter Lifu, struck out the case while delivering a ruling in the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CV/539/2026, filed by Okezuo Godfrey Anayo and Isaiah Ojonugwa Samuel on behalf of themselves and ward members as plaintiffs, with Senator Kingibe as the sole defendant.
Senator Kingibe, who represents the Federal Capital Territory in the Senate, was said to have been suspended on March 10 by the Wuse Ward Executive, with the action allegedly ratified by two-thirds of the party leaders over allegations of anti-party activities and disregard for the Constitution of the ADC.
In the suit filed on behalf of the plaintiffs by Kolawole Olowookere (SAN), the aggrieved ADC members in Wuse, Abuja, sought an order of interim injunction restraining Kingibe from parading herself as a member of the ADC pending the hearing and determination of their motion on notice for interlocutory injunction.
