Senate President Ahmad Lawan has finally recognised Bashir Machina as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Yobe North Senatorial District election in 2023....

Senate President Ahmad Lawan has finally recognised Bashir Machina as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Yobe North Senatorial District election in 2023.

Daily Trust had reported how Lawan and Machina have been locked in a fierce battle for the seat.

But on Wednesday, a Federal High Court in Yobe ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognise Machina as the authentic candidate for the senatorial district.

Responding in a statement which he personally signed, Lawan, who was first elected into the lowest chamber of the National Assembly in 1999, said he had accepted the judgement of the court.

The statement titled: “Court Judgement on Yobe North Senatorial District Candidacy” reads: “Yesterday, Wednesday, 28th September, 2022, the Federal High Court in Damaturu delivered judgement on the rightful candidate for Yobe North Senatorial District for the 2023 National Assembly elections. The said judgement disqualifies my candidature and therefore my participation in the elections.

“After due consultations with my political associates, supporters and well-wishers, I have decided not to appeal against the judgement. I accept the judgement. At this juncture, I deem it appropriate to thank His Excellency, Senator Ibrahim Gaidam, for the leadership role in the APC political family in Yobe State. I also thank His Excellency, Governor Mai Mala Buni for the support and brotherhood.

“To my constituents, I thank you all for your unflinching support, loyalty and unreserved commitment to the course of building our people and Yobe North Senatorial District and indeed Yobe State. I want to assure you that I will continue to serve you in my personal and any other capacity at all times.

“We journeyed together for a long time, and this journey will remain a life long journey. It has been a wonderful relationship and it can only get stronger. I am indebted to you all. Alhamdulillah.”

https://dailytrust.com/breaking-lawan-finally-acknowledges-machina-admits-end-to-23-year-national-assembly-journey

A tale of a disgraced rubber stamp.

Eyah, let him contest for councilor

Same fate awaits tinubu,...cus he's too old and too sick for governance,.....apart from his fraudulent past.

Good for him. He should gtfo. Wish Akpabio got the axe too.

These men always wanna eat their cake and still have it. You were contesting to be Presidential candidate. Someone else contested to be Senatorial candidate. You lost, then try to deny the other guy of a ticket he won through a herd faught contest, just because you think you've got more political clout than him.

Despite all of Buhari's failures, one thing I'd never take away from him is his knack for allowing the electoral umpire do its job unimpeded. He has one way or another deepened our democratic process.

The overfed fat toad headed the most useless and impactless NASS that only got Nigeria into chronic indebtedness. Posterity will never be fair to Ahmed Lawan.

The present governor was a political benefactor of machina, hence state backing to defeat the rubber stamp sp, no champion 4ever after 24yrs in national assembly

He's left with no other option otherwise lawyers will continue milking him to get their share of the national cake.

He want to be President with rubber stamp mentality

Finally. Nagode.

Very well.
The legislative chamber is not a personal property.

Hehehe.

Oga rubber stamp,them don do you strong thing .

Go and rest,them no born you born national assembly.

Please, move away from the NASS.
Your perpetual habitation therein is at best self serving.
It is of no singular importance to Yobe North.

Please, move away.

Everything that has a beginning.. Will have an end.
No be him birthright. Make him go find another work.
INEC stood their ground and that’s a very good sign.
Next is to rid our political space of other leeches of his ilk.

Serves you right you were trying to take presidency to the not after the useless eight years of buahri.
Same fate will befall Atiku. He will loose Everything.

Ok

No worry agbado king will compensate you.

one down,let us Nigrians retire this people during the forthcoming election by force

Way to go man...


Throw in the towel....

It's over.

Conrod:
Same fate awaits tinubu,...cus he's too old and too sick for governance,.....apart from his fraudulent past.

Your Obituaries can masturbate and deceive yourselves as long as you can. Tinubu is your president come 2023

Make he go contest for Cda Chairman for him community....

Very good he should be dealt with mumu senate President

What a self centered person! After spending 23 good years in NASS, he was still interested in going again. No wonder the country remain the way it is.

Long over due... Worst SP ever!!

The worst senate president ever. The only improvement was him getting fat. Some called the fellow a boffun.
One that presided the destruction of the countries economy. A legacy of being a rubber stamp.
Good riddance to bad rubbish.

Machina I salute your courage,you are a man you fight to finish,the rubber stamp man want to die there after 2decades

Shameless man!

Dem tie your umbilical cord for Senate!

He will be remembered as the worst senate president ever in Nigeria

23 years in politics without any impact on his people, that's why he was booted out.
Rubber stamped sheep of Buhari.

23 years?? And you still wanna go back ? Is it an inheritance?

Tokskob2008:
Long over due... Worst SP ever!!

Enwerem, Wabara, Saraki.