The Supreme Court has on Monday said the senate president, Ahmed Lawan is the validly elected candidate of the All Progressive Congress for the Yobe North senatorial candidate.
Lawan, in a majority judgment delivered defeated Lawan’s rival, Bashir Machina.
In the judgment, three out of a five-member panel agreed with the position of the APC that the suit at the trial court ought not to have commenced via an originating summons since it contained allegations of fraud.
“That the 1st respondent accused the APC of fraudulently substituting his name with that of Lawan.
“Where there is an allegation of fraud it should not be commenced by an originating summons.
Amid the controversy, the APC submitted the senate president’s name to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the candidate for Yobe north.
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The electoral commission subsequently refused to list any candidate for the district.
Aggrieved, Machina instituted a suit asking the court to declare him as the authentic senatorial candidate.