The Court of Appeal, in Abuja, has on Monday, declared Bashir Sheriff Machina as the authentic Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the 2023 Yobe North Senatorial District election, Page 36 learnt.
The Court in a unanimous judgement affirmed the earlier decision of the Federal High Court, Damaturu, which declared Machina as the rightful Senatorial Candidate of the APC for the election.
The Court therefore, dismissed the petition filed by the ruling party for being unmeritorious and awarded N1 million to Machina.
The President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, who delivered the judgement held that the Lower Court was right when it validated the May 28, APC Senatorial primary election that produced Machina, because it was duly monitored by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
This brings almost to an end, the move by the APC National Leadership to make the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, the Candidate for the said election, come 2023.
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