The Supreme Court has affirmed Senate President, Dr Ahmad Lawan as the All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial candidate for Yobe North. In a majority judgment delivered on Monday, the apex court allowed the appeal filed by the APC against Bashir Machina’s candidature. Delivering the judgment, three out of a five-member panel agreed with the position of the APC that the …

Even as Senate President Ahmad Lawan accepted his fate in the Yobe North senatorial ticket controversy, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in his home state has vowed to appeal last Wednesday’s judgment affirming Alhaji Bashir Machina as the party’s candidate for the senatorial district. The Federal High Court in Damaturu declared Machina as the authentic APC candidate for the Yobe North …

Senate President, Dr Ahmad Lawan has given up on contesting the senatorial candidacy of Alhaji Bashir Machina for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Yobe North district. The Federal High Court in Damaturu on Wednesday confirmed Machina as the candidate of the party for the district, which Lawan has represented since 2007. Lawan has been in the National Assembly since …

The Federal High Court in Damaturu has knocked the wind out of the sails of Senate President Ahmad Lawan by declaring Alhaji Bashir Machina as the authentic candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Yobe North Senatorial district election next 25th February. In her almost two hours judgment, Justice Fadima Aminu ordered the APC to immediately send Machina’s …