The name of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in Yobe North was excluded when the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) published particulars of candidates for 2023 elections.
INEC published the particulars on Friday in line with its schedule for the 2023 General Elections.
Senate President Ahmad Lawan and Hon Bashir Machina have been battling for the ruling party’s ticket in the consistency.
While Machina contested the primaries and was declared winner, Lawan lost in the presidential primaries of the APC and lost out in his bid to reclaim the senatorial ticket.
However, the party leadership under Abdullahi Adamu forwarded Lawan’s name to INEC as Yobe North candidate but the commission refused to recognise Lawan.
Machina had headed for the court and also obtained the Certified True Copy of the election result.
But INEC picked neither him nor Lawan as candidate of the senatorial district.
Commenting on the development, the Head of Voter Education and Publicity at the Damaturu office of INEC, Mrs Rifkatu Duku, said party has no candidate for the seat.
According to her, no credentials of APC candidates for Zone C have been submitted to the office from the headquarters, except the credentials of candidates for the National Assembly and presidential election.
“But we did not get that of Zone C, ie Yobe north for APC. We got that of Yobe south and Yobe east which is the Ibrahim Bomoi and former Governor Gaidam,” Mrs Duku said.
