The go well with was adjourned to June 9, 2026, for listening to.
Justice Peter Lifu mounted the date following an utility for adjournment by counsel for the plaintiffs, I. G. Ogugwa.
Ogugwa, who stated the matter was not a pre-election case shortly when it was known as for listening to, prayed the court docket for an extended date.
DAILY POST studies that Justice Lifu had, on April 2, 2026, refused to grant an utility searching for an interim order restraining Kingibe from parading herself as an ADC member.
The decide, in a ruling, relatively ordered the plaintiffs within the go well with to place Kingibe, who at present represents the FCT on the Senate, on discover to point out trigger why the reliefs sought shouldn’t be granted.
He then adjourned the matter till April 20, 2026, for listening to of all pending purposes, together with a preliminary objection filed by counsel to the lawmaker, Marshall Abubakar.
Two govt members of the ADC in Wuse Ward, Abuja, had sued Kingibe as sole defendant.
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The plaintiffs; Mr Okezuo Kanayo, Chairman of ADC, Wuse Ward, and his Secretary, Mr Isaiah Sameul, had filed the ex-parte movement by means of their lawyer, Kolawole Olowookere, SAN.
Within the movement, dated March 17, 2026, and filed identical day, the plaintiffs sought an order of interim injunction restraining Kingibe from performing any capabilities or collaborating in any actions reserved for ADC’s members in any capability, pending the listening to and willpower of the substantive go well with.
Of their seven grounds of argument, the plaintiffs submitted that Kingibe, although a sitting senator, is first a member of ADC and is sure by the get together’s structure.
Their lawyer, Olowookere, stated following substantiated allegations of anti-party actions, gross misconduct, and the bodily confiscation of the ward’s statutory information, the Wuse Ward Govt Committee, on March 10 suspended her.
In line with Olowookere, the suspension adopted due course of as enshrined within the ADC structure and was ratified by a two-thirds majority of the manager committee.
He stated Kingibe had continued to carry parallel conferences, difficulty press statements as an ADC member.
The lawyer alleged that the lawmaker additionally utilised her safety particulars to intimidate the ward executives, thereby making a state of anarchy.
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