{"id":195591,"date":"2026-02-20T21:43:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T20:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/ireti-kingibes-longstanding-connection-to-tinubu"},"modified":"2026-02-20T22:57:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T21:57:16","slug":"ireti-kingibes-longstanding-connection-to-tinubu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ireti-kingibes-longstanding-connection-to-tinubu","title":{"rendered":"Ireti Kingibe&#8217;s Longstanding Connection to Tinubu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Senator representing the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Ireti Kingibe, has ruled out the possibility of joining the All Progressives Congress, APC, despite acknowledging a longstanding personal relationship with President Bol Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Friday while fielding questions on Politics Today, a programme on Channels Television, Kingibe said she has known Tinubu for about 40 years and has no intention of working against him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe President has been my friend for 40 years. I have no reason to work against him,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The lawmaker, however, stressed that her primary loyalty remains with the people of the FCT, noting that any collaboration with the President would be strictly in the interest of her constituents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want what is best for the people of the Federal Capital. I try to work with him but I can only work with him in as much as the interest of the people are protected,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n<p>Kingibe made it clear that joining the APC is not an option, declaring, \u201cMe joining his political party will never happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added that although she is one of the founders of the APC in the FCT and maintains a relationship with the President, she is dissatisfied with the state of the party in the territory.<\/p>\n<p>According to her, the FCT chapter of the APC has deviated from the principles of the rule of law, citing the tenure of the current chairman, whom she accused of seeking a fourth term despite a constitutional limit of two terms.<\/p>\n<p>Kingibe said there are \u201cmany issues\u201d within the party structure in the FCT that are inconsistent with democratic norms and the rule of law.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Senator representing the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Ireti Kingibe, has ruled out the possibility of joining the All Progressives Congress, APC, despite acknowledging a longstanding personal relationship with President Bol Tinubu. Speaking on Friday while fielding questions on Politics Today, a programme on Channels Television, Kingibe said she has known Tinubu [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":195590,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-195591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ireti Kingibe&#039;s Longstanding Connection to Tinubu - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Senator representing the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Ireti Kingibe, has ruled out the possibility of joining the ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ireti-kingibes-longstanding-connection-to-tinubu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ireti Kingibe&#039;s Longstanding Connection to Tinubu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Senator representing the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Ireti Kingibe, has ruled out the possibility of joining the ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ireti-kingibes-longstanding-connection-to-tinubu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-20T20:43:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-20T21:57:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1771624602.793473.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ireti-kingibes-longstanding-connection-to-tinubu#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ireti-kingibes-longstanding-connection-to-tinubu\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Ireti Kingibe&#8217;s Longstanding Connection to Tinubu\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-20T20:43:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-20T21:57:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ireti-kingibes-longstanding-connection-to-tinubu\"},\"wordCount\":290,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ireti-kingibes-longstanding-connection-to-tinubu#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1771624602.793473.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ireti-kingibes-longstanding-connection-to-tinubu#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ireti-kingibes-longstanding-connection-to-tinubu\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ireti-kingibes-longstanding-connection-to-tinubu\",\"name\":\"Ireti Kingibe's Longstanding Connection to Tinubu - 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