'It was easy. I was there with you in the field, and after our defeat, my constituents thought they needed me again. They asked me to come back, and it was a tortious journey because we had to go through the courts...'
, says his subsequent re-election to the 10th Senate after he lost the presidential primary election was a war fought by leaders of the All Progressives Congress and some of his constituents.
The senate president, who represents Yobe North, made this known on Saturday while responding to a criticism raised by Rochas Okorocha at the valedictory session to mark the end of the 9th Senate. In February, the Supreme Court finally declared him the candidate of the APC in Yobe North against Bashir Machina, who the lower courts had affirmed as the party candidate for the district.He has been in the National Assembly since 1999, beginning from the House of Representatives.Mr Okorocha, who criticised the outgoing senate president, said he was surprised to see him return as a senator even though he did not obtain the senatorial ticket.
“You are a very smart politician. How you came back [to the senate] is another chapter in our political history that we need to discuss.
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