FCT Senator Kingibe quits LP, joins ADC
Senator Ireti Kingibe, who represents the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has announced she’s parted ways with the Labour Party (LP) and aligned herself with the African Democratic Congress (ADC) ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Citing persistent internal disputes within the Labour Party, Kingibe said the unresolved leadership crisis influenced her decision to leave.
While speaking with journalists in Abuja on Saturday, the senator revealed that after thorough consultations, she resolved to join the ADC and would soon make the defection official.
She said, “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 and collect card. I want to do so with noise and fanfare.”
When asked about her views on the ADC’s leadership and the coalition she is joining, Kingibe replied, “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 concerns that her switch might attract legal consequences or jeopardize her Senate seat, Kingibe argued that the current state of the Labour Party, which she described as divided into two factions, justifies her move.
She said, “I ask you to please read the constitution. There are two factions clear of Labour Party. The perfect definition that the constitution gives for somebody to decamp without penalty.
“So you say I should stay in Labour Party. Which faction of Labour Party do you want me to stay in? There are two clear distinct ones. Even INEC got two sets of results and candidates, though they didn’t accept any. There’s no question of that.
“Even the time when we didn’t have two clear factions, did you see anybody implementing it?
“But I do follow the law. And 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 that the constitution gave why it would be okay to decamp to anywhere I wanted to go to. I just chose ADC.”
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