By our reporter| The Federal High Court sitting in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, has declared Bashir Machina as the rightfully elected candidate for Yobe North Senatorial District.
Presiding judge, Fadimatu Murtala gave the ruling in the contest for the seat currently occupied by Senate president, Ahmad Lawan.
For months, Machina and Senate President Ahmad Lawan have been at loggerheads over the ticket won by the former at the primary held on June 9, 2022.
Lawan had contested the presidential primary of the ruling party at about the same time as the senatorial primary won by Machina. The Senate president, however, lost to Bola Tinubu, a development that forced him to jostle for the senatorial ticket but Machina insisted that he won’t step down.
Lawan has been in the National Assembly as a federal lawmaker for 23 unbroken years.
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