The All Progressives Congress has written the Independent National Electoral Commission to recognise Bashir Machina as the Yobe North senatorial candidate.
In a letter signed by the party’s National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, and Secretary, Iyiola Omisore, the party directed INEC to also publish the name of Machina on its portal in line with the order of the Federal High Court, Damaturu.
The Court had ruled that President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, was not the candidate of the APC for Yobe North in the 2023 elections into the national assembly.
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.