ADC files suit against Senator Ireti Kingibe in Abuja High Court to confirm her suspension and bar her from claiming party membership
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the Federal Capital Territory has approached the Federal High Court in Abuja to prevent Ireti Kingibe from presenting herself as a member of the party following her indefinite suspension by the Wuse Ward Executive Committee.
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Filed by the party’s lawyer, Maxwell Opara, the suit seeks a judicial declaration affirming that the Wuse Ward Committee has the authority to discipline and suspend party members within its jurisdiction.
ADC also requests the court to confirm that Kingibe’s suspension remains valid.
The plaintiffs, Okezuo Godfrey Kanayo (Chairman, Wuse Ward ADC) and Isaiah Ojonugwa Samuel (Ward Secretary), filed the case on behalf of themselves and the ward committee.
The suit asks the court to declare that while suspended, Kingibe cannot legally claim membership or present herself as a card-carrying member of ADC.
Additionally, the suit requests that the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) be barred from recognising Kingibe as a member at any level during her suspension and seeks validation of the ward committee’s disciplinary action.
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The case, numbered FHC/ABJ/CS/539/2026, cites 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, as well as the court’s inherent powers to interpret and enforce party constitutions.
At the time of filing, the matter had not yet been assigned to a judge.
