Court docket Adjourns Swimsuit Looking for to Cease Ireti Kingibe From Parading as ADC Member
The Federal Excessive Court docket in Abuja on Monday adjourned a go well with looking for to cease Senator Ireti Kingibe from parading herself as a member of the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
The case was adjourned to June 9, 2026, for listening to.
Justice Peter Lifu fastened the date following an utility for adjournment by counsel to the plaintiffs, I. G. Ogugwa.
Ogugwa, who said that the matter was not a pre-election case when it was referred to as, urged the court docket to grant an extended adjournment.
Earlier, on April 2, 2026, Justice Lifu had declined an utility looking for an interim order restraining Kingibe from parading herself as an ADC member.
As an alternative, the court docket directed the plaintiffs to place the senator, who represents the FCT within the Senate, on discover to indicate trigger why the reliefs sought shouldn’t be granted.
The matter had initially been adjourned to April 20, 2026, for the listening to of all pending functions, together with a preliminary objection filed by Kingibe’s counsel, Marshall Abubakar.
The go well with was instituted by two government members of the ADC in Wuse Ward, Abuja—Mr Okezuo Kanayo, Chairman of the ward, and his Secretary, Mr Isaiah Samuel—with Kingibe listed as the only defendant.
By their lawyer, Kolawole Olowookere (SAN), the plaintiffs filed an ex-parte movement dated and submitted on March 17, 2026, looking for an interim injunction to restrain Kingibe from performing any capabilities or collaborating in actions reserved for ADC members, pending the willpower of the substantive go well with.
Of their arguments, the plaintiffs maintained that though Kingibe is a serving senator, she stays a member of the ADC and is sure by its structure.
Olowookere mentioned that following what he described as substantiated allegations of anti-party actions, gross misconduct, and the bodily seizure of the ward’s statutory data, the Wuse Ward Govt Committee suspended her on March 10.
In keeping with him, the suspension adopted due course of as outlined within the get together’s structure and was ratified by a two-thirds majority of the chief committee.
He additional alleged that Kingibe continued to carry parallel conferences and difficulty press statements as an ADC member.
The lawyer additionally claimed that the lawmaker used her safety aides to intimidate ward executives, creating what he described as a state of anarchy.