Yobe North: APC Sends Machina’s Name to INEC
The All Progressives Congress has written the Independent National Electoral Commission to recognise Bashir Machina as the Yobe North senatorial candidate as directed by the Federal High Court, Damaturu.
In a letter signed by the party’s National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, and Secretary, Senator Iyiola Omisore, the party directed INEC to also publish the name of Machina on its portal in line with the court order.
The letter read, “We write to notify the commission of the attached judgment dated September 28, 2022, and order dated October 5, 2022, from the Federal High Court, Damaturu Judicial Division, directing the commission to accept and recognise Machina as the party’s candidate for Yobe North Senatorial District, Yobe State, and publish same accordingly.”
A Federal High Court in Damaturu, Yobe State, had ruled that Nigeria’s Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, was not the candidate of the ruling APC for Yobe North in the 2023 elections into NASS.
The court then affirmed Machina as the authentic candidate of the party, having won the legally-recognised primary, supervised by INEC as Lawan didn’t participate in the election held on May 28.
This would mean that Lawan would not be holding any elective position for the first time since 1999 when he was elected as a member of the House of Representatives for Bade/Jakusko Federal Constituency of Yobe State.
Machina had filed a suit praying the court to rule that he was the candidate of the party. He also asked the court to order INEC to include his name in its final register of candidates for the National Assembly election.
