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.”that Nigeria’s Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, was not the candidate of the ruling APC for Yobe North in the 2023 elections into NASS.
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