Ireti Kingibe is the ADC candidate for FCT Senate

The African Democratic Congress has announced Senator Ireti Heebah Kingibe as their candidate for the Federal Capital Territory senatorial race on Saturday.

The primary election showed clear results for both the senatorial and House of Representatives contests. Kingibe got a strong total of 17,535 votes, far ahead of her only rival, Mubarak Tijjani, who received 806 votes.

Abubakar Adamu, the chairman and returning officer for the elections, declared the results at the FCT ADC party secretariat. He confirmed the outcome of the exercise.

He stated, “Having scored the highest number of votes of 17, 535, and the powers conferred on me as the returning officer for the Senate and House of Representative Primary Elections, Senator Ireti Heebah Kingibe is declared winner of the election.”