The Senate President Ahmad Lawan ambition to return to Senate has hit the rock as the Independent National Electoral Commission officially confirmed Bashir Sheriff Machina as its authentic candidate for the Yobe North Senatorial District.
The commission, however, has distanced itself from the purported primary election which allegedly produced Ahmad Lawan as the APC senatorial candidate for the district and recognised only the 28 May primary poll that produced Machina as the duly elected APC candidate for the Yobe North Senatorial District.
The position of the electoral umpire was contained in a legally admissible Certified True Copy (CTC) of INEC report for the primary election dated yesterday, 23rd June 2022.
This has laid to rest the issue of any purported primaries said to have produced Lawan as senatorial candidate.
The law provides that only election (primary, secondary) duly monitored by INEC is recognised in the eyes of law.