Senator Ireti Kingibe has moved from the Labour Party (LP) to the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
Kingibe who represents the, Federal Capital (FCT) in the Senate announced her defection in an interview with newsmen in Abuja.
“I’m totally and completely committed to ADC. But obviously, as the senator representing the Federal Capital Territory, don’t expect me to just take a lunch break and go and collect card. I want to do so with noise and fanfare,” she revealed.
The Senator cited the division in Labour Party along two factions as her justification for relinquishing her membership of the party, saying: “I ask you to please read the constitution. There are two factions clearly of Labour Party. The perfect definition that the constitution gives for somebody to decamp without penalty.
“So you say I should stay in Labour Party. Which faction of Labour Party do you want me to stay in?
“There are two clear distinct ones. Even INEC got two sets of results and candidates, though they didn’t accept any. There’s no question of that.
“Even the time when we didn’t have two clear factions, did you see anybody implementing it?
“But I do follow the law. And if there were not two distinct factions of Labour Party, I would not presume to decamp, because that is unconstitutional. But they are.
“And this is the definition that the constitution gave why it would be okay to decamp to anywhere I wanted to go to. I just chose ADC.”
