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Senator Ireti Kingibe
The Senator representing the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Ireti Kingibe, says she will be re-elected if she decides to run for the same seat in the National Assembly come 2027.
The Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Women Affairs was a guest on Channels Television’s ‘Political Paradigm’ programme aired on Tuesday.
The Labour Party (LP) senator said, despite the opposition of the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, the people of Abuja would re-elect her if she decides to run.
In July 2024, Wike had said 71-year-old Kingibe won’t return to the red chamber in 2027.
However, Kingibe, on Tuesday, said she would win with a landslide if she ever decides to run in the next poll.
The female lawmaker said, “I know that I will win in a landslide victory, bigger than the last one. The last one, bear in mind, that I went to the Senate with one of the highest, if not the highest votes of any legislator.
“And it was not just about (LP Peter) Obi. Yes, he brought some votes, but I also brought some votes to him that would not normally go to him.”
Kingibe alleged that the people of Abuja resent Wike, former Rivers State governor, who was appointed FCT minister by President Bola Tinubu in August 2023.
According to her, the minister has so far treated the people of the FCT with disdain and contempt.
“The local government election is going to tell whether Wike controls the FCT because nobody does.
It’s only people who have lived here for a long will know that the people of the FCT have their independent minds.
“People who live here will know that the one thing that unites us in the FCT is the resentment of the minister,” she said.
Kingibe added that Wike has given Tinubu a bad image and should not have been appointed a minister of the FCT.
Kingibe and Wike have been caught in a long-drawn brawl since they assumed their respective offices in June and August 2023. While the former belongs to the opposition Labour Party (LP), the latter is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) but works with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) administration. (Channels TV)
