- ADC Drags Ireti Kingibe To Court Over Party Membership Claim.
- Suit seeks validation of ward decision suspending the senator indefinitely.
- Case filed at Federal High Court, yet to be assigned judge.
The African Democratic Congress in the Federal Capital Territory has approached the Federal High Court in Abuja seeking an order restraining Senator Ireti Kingibe from presenting herself as a member of the party.
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EKO HOT BLOG reports that the legal action followed the senator’s indefinite suspension by the Wuse Ward Executive Committee of the party, which was announced about 48 hours earlier.
The suit, filed by the party’s lawyer, Maxwell Opara, is seeking a judicial declaration affirming the authority of the Wuse Ward Executive Committee to discipline and suspend members within its jurisdiction.
The party also asked the court to confirm that Kingibe’s suspension from the ADC remains valid.
The plaintiffs in the case are Okezuo Godfrey Kanayo, Chairman of the ADC in Wuse Ward, and Isaiah Ojonugwa Samuel, the ward secretary.
They instituted the suit on behalf of the ward executive committee and themselves.
In the suit, the plaintiffs urged the court to declare that Kingibe cannot legally claim membership or present herself as a card carrying member of the ADC while the suspension remains in force.
They also asked the court to restrain the party’s National Working Committee from recognising the senator as a member of the ADC at any level during the period of her suspension.
The plaintiffs further requested the court to validate the decision of the ward executive committee to suspend the lawmaker.
The case, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/539/2026, was filed pursuant to Sections 6(6)(b) and 251 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), Article 16 of the ADC Constitution and the Federal High Court Civil Procedure Rules 2019.
They also relied on the inherent powers of the court to interpret and enforce party constitutions.
As of the time of filing this report, the case had not yet been assigned to a judge.
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