Court strikes out suit seeking to stop Ireti Kingibe from ADC activities, fines plaintiffs N10m

The Federal High Court successful Abuja has struck retired a suit seeking to prohibit Senator Ireti Kingibe from participating successful each activities of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, pursuing her alleged suspension from the enactment by the Wuse Ward executives successful Abuja.

Justice Peter Lifu  in a ruling on Friday held that the contented of subject and suspension upon which the suit was predicated was an interior affairs of the ADC that did not request the involution of immoderate court.

Senator Kingibe, representing the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, successful the Senate, was said to person been suspended connected March 10, 2026, by her Wuse Ward executives implicit allegations of anti-party activities and disregard to the constitution of the ADC.

Those who sued the legislator successful the suit marked FHC/ABJ/ CV/539/2026 are Okezuo Godfrey Anayo and Isaiah Ojonugwa Samuel, connected behalf of themselves and APC members of the ward arsenic plaintiffs, portion the serving legislator is the sole defendant.

In the suit filed connected their behalf by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Kolawole Olowookere, and argued earlier Justice Lifu, the aggrieved ADC members successful Wuse country of applied for an bid of interim injunction restraining Kingibe from parading herself arsenic a subordinate of ADC, pending the proceeding and determination of their question connected announcement for in...