The Senator representing the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Ireti Kingibe, has said she will be re-elected if she decides to run for the same seat in the National Assembly in 2027.
The Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Women Affairs made this statement during an appearance on Channels Television’s Political Paradigm programme aired on Tuesday.
The Labour Party senator stated that despite the opposition of the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, the people of Abuja would re-elect her if she chooses to contest again.
In July 2024, Wike had said that Kingibe would not return to the Senate in 2027.
However, Kingibe on Tuesday said she would secure a landslide victory if she runs in the next election.
She 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 presidential candidate) 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, the former Rivers State governor, who was appointed FCT minister by President Bola Tinubu in August 2023.
She said the minister has treated residents 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 time who 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 as the FCT minister.
Kingibe and Wike have been locked in a prolonged political disagreement since they assumed their respective offices in June and August 2023. While Kingibe belongs to the opposition Labour Party, Wike is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party but works with the ruling All Progressives Congress administration.
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