ADC Ward Sues to Uphold Senator Kingibe Suspension

Executives of the African Democratic Congress in Wuse Ward, Abuja, filed a lawsuit Friday in the Federal High Court seeking to uphold their recent suspension of Senator Ireti Kingibe and bar her from claiming membership in the party. The action, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/539/2026, comes just days after Kingibe defected to the ADC from the Labour Party, bolstering the party's ranks in the Senate.

The plaintiffs, Ward Chairman Okezuo Godfrey Kanayo and Secretary Isaiah Ojonugwa Samuel, acting on behalf of the Wuse Ward Executive Committee, argue that their decision to suspend Kingibe indefinitely on Thursday was lawful under the party's constitution. Through their lawyer, Maxwell Opara, they requested judicial declarations affirming the ward's authority to discipline members in its jurisdiction, validating the suspension, and prohibiting Kingibe from presenting herself as a card-carrying ADC member while it remains in effect. The suit also seeks an injunction to prevent the party's National Working Committee from recognizing or engaging with her as a member during this period.

In a supporting affidavit, Samuel detailed the grounds for the suspension, stemming from complaints reviewed at a...