Victory for Machina as INEC confirms he’s duly recognisd Yobe North Senatorial Candidate
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has disassociated itself from the purported emergence of Senate President, Ahmed Lawan as senatorial candidate for Yobe North Senatorial District on the platform of the ruling party, APC.
Releasing a statement Thursday, INEC said, “The position of the Electoral umpire was contained in a legally admissible Certified True Copy (CTC) of INEC report for the primary election dated yesterday, 23rd June 2022.”
The Yobe North senatorial ticket had sparked controversy after Bashir Machina, who won the primary, made it clear he would not step down for Senate President.
Lawan had contested for the APC presidential ticket in May, but lost to Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Also, no records of Lawan’s participation in the APC senatorial primaries were presented by the APC, although the APC chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, disclosed that the aspirant took part in the elections.
However, Lawan, who currently represents Yobe North District, was eventually listed as the APC senatorial candidate for the 2023 general election, leaving Machina who actually won the elections out of the picture.
The APC chairman had urged Machina to step down for Lawan, but he refused.
With INEC now recognising Machina as the candidate, Nigerians, and indeed political watchers await the APC’s response to the situation.
