Senator Ireti Kingibe, who represents the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has expressed deep concern over the state of the Labour Party, describing it as fractured and incapable of winning elections in its current condition.
Speaking on Political Paradigm, a programme aired on Channels Television on Tuesday, Kingibe confirmed that while she remains a member of the Labour Party, she has thrown her support behind the opposition coalition now operating under the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
“Yes, I am still with the Labour Party, but I support the ADC,” she said, citing the ongoing leadership crisis that has left the Labour Party divided and ineffective.
According to the lawmaker, internal wranglings and factionalism have crippled the Labour Party, leaving it unfit to serve as a viable political vehicle ahead of upcoming elections in the FCT.
“Labour Party is in some sort of a quagmire. We are trying to put it together, but I do not see the Labour Party, in the present way it is, as a vehicle that can win any election. It’s been very fractured and broken,” she said.
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With local government elections approaching, Kingibe explained that the ADC had become a more credible alternative for opposition forces in the capital.
“There are two factions of the Labour Party right now. I know the FCT can be won — not by the APC. The ADC has credible candidates, and it is that platform we are going to use to show them,” she added.
Pressed on whether she might eventually leave the Labour Party if the leadership crisis persists, the 71-year-old senator responded, “Maybe, I might eventually.”
Her remarks come as opposition leaders ramp up efforts to form a unified front against the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2027 general elections.
On Wednesday, July 2, 2025, leading opposition figures including former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi, ex-Senate President David Mark, former ministers Rauf Aregbesola and Rotimi Amaechi, as well as former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, formally adopted the ADC as the platform for their coalition.
The opposition bloc is banking on the combined political weight and voter base of Atiku and Obi, who secured over 12 million votes in the 2023 election — more than four million ahead of the votes polled by President Bola Tinubu, who was declared the winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The coalition aims to capitalize on growing public discontent over the Tinubu administration’s handling of the economy, marked by soaring inflation and an unprecedented cost of living crisis.
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