The APC insists that the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and not Bashir Machina, is its authentic candidate for the Yobe North Senatorial District for the forthcoming general election.
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, is the incumbent occupier of the seat. He had sought to clinch APC’s ticket for reelection to the Senate after his failed attempt at the party’s presidential ticket last year., as the party’s valid candidate for the senatorial district.
Mr Peters contended that Danjuma Manga who conducted the said primary election was not nominated by the National Working Committee of the party. After taking arguments of the lawyers, the court panel led by Centus Nweze, fixed 6 February for judgement.The APC had approached the Court of Appeal in Abuja seeking to nullify the judgement of a lower court that declared Mr Machina as APC’s candidate for Yobe North.
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