By Kamsi Anayo
The President of the Senate, Sen. Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, has lost the battle for the senatorial ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Yobe North in the 2023 elections.
The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, sealed his fate in a judgment which was delivered on Monday in Abuja.
The Appellate Court affirmed Bashir Sheriff Machina as the authentic candidate of the APC for Yobe North Senatorial District election in 2023.
Justice Monica Dongban-Mensen, who led a three-man panel, affirmed the decision of Justice Fadimatu Aminu of the Federal High Court Damaturu, which had on September 28, 2022, declared Machina as the winner of the primary election organised by the APC in May 2022.
Justice Aminu who annulled the primary which produced Lawan had ordered the APC to forward the name of Machina to INEC as the authentic winner of the primary
The Appeal Court agreed with the lower court that the Senate President opted to contest the Presidential primary organized by the ruling APC on June 9.
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