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Senatorial Seat: Machina threatens court action as APC substituted his name with Senate President Lawan

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Senatorial candidate for Yobe North Senatorial district, Bashir Machina, has vowed to seek redress in court over alleged substitution of his name with that of the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, in the list sent to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) by the party.

Lawan who contested the presidential primary of the party and lost to Bola Ahmed Tinubu did not participate in the party’s primary.

The ruling party had written INEC that the Senate president would be its nominee for the Yobe North senatorial seat.

However, Machina who contested the primary in the Yobe North senatorial district and won, vowed to go to court to challenge the attempt to steal his mandate after INEC recognised Lawan as the candidate of the APC for the Yobe North Senatorial district.

Lawan’s name instead of Machina was uploaded on the commission’s server alongside other senatorial candidates across the 36 states of the country and the Federal Capital Territory.

Machina, while addressing a press conference yesterday in Abuja appealed to the APC to correct the omission of his name or he would have no option than to seek legal redress if his name remains substituted with that of Lawan.

He reiterated that he was the elected candidate, adding that he did not withdraw for anybody.

Machina insisted that he would not withdraw because the mandate was given to him by party members and the delegates.

According to him, he decided to address the press because an abnormality and illegality was about taking place in the ruling party.

His words: “In the list sent to INEC, my name was found to be misrepresented. I don’t know whether it was erroneous, my name was not in the list of the names that was said to be presented today to INEC. For the avoidance of doubt, I remain the candidate duly elected of the APC Yobe North zone C senatorial zone.

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