When the matter was called, Counsel to the plaintiffs, Kolawole Olowookere, SAN filed an application seeking to amend their originating summons.
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Justice Peter Lifu, in a ruling, rather ordered the plaintiffs in the suit to put Kingibe, who currently represents the FCT at the Senate, on notice to show cause why the reliefs sought should not be granted.
The senator was also accused of withholding funds meant for the party’s campaigns during the recent area council election in the FCT.
The party said the reports circulating in some quarters are misleading and urged the public and the media to ignore them.
Wike spoke during a media parley in Abuja on Monday, where he linked his prediction to what he described as Kingibe’s failure to deliver tangible projects for residents of the capital territory.
Wike gave the reaction during a media chat in Abuja on Monday, insisting that elections are a process rather than a one-day event.
A statement on Tuesday by Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to the FCT minister, said Ms Kingibe was already blinded by the spirit of her impending electoral woe, and can never see the positive transformation going on in Abuja and the FCT satellite towns.
Addressing journalists in Abuja, Kingibe described her move as a calculated and deliberate political decision, noting that her formal induction into the ADC would be marked with “fanfare.”
The female senator, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Political Paradigm programme aired on Tuesday, said the FCT minister has not made the lives of the people better.
The Senator, in a press statement issued on Monday, May 26, 2025, expressed deep concern over numerous reports of properties being sealed off, allegedly due to defaults in ground rent payments.
He was reacting to an earlier claim by the senator that FCT residents were not impressed with Wike’s performance.
The leadership of the NARD gave the indication after a closed door meeting with Principal Officers of the Senate on Tuesday
It alleged that the process that produced Ireti Kingibe, candidate of the Labour of Party, was marred by irregularities.
Senator Aduda while briefing journalists at the National Assembly on Thursday, lamented that the total result was hurriedly declared even before the result of AMAC was presented.
Obi announced the meeting with the second elected female senator for the FCT on his Twitter handle on Tuesday.
Hajiya Ireti Kingibe, former wife of one-time Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babagana Kingibe, has denied that her husband abandoned MKO Abiola at the height of the struggle to validate the result of the June 12, 1993 presidential election.