Yobe North APC ticket: More woes to Lawan as Machina refuses to step down, writes Adamu
POLITICS DIGEST- The All Progressives Congress (APC) Senatorial candidate for Yobe North in the 2023 elections, Bashir Machina has said he didn’t step down for the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan.
He said he had been informed of a purported malicious, and mischievous report and insinuation to the contrary.
Machina, in a letter dated June 13, which was addressed to the National Chairman of APC, Senator Abdulahi Adamu emphasised that he was totally committed to his mandate and was working towards delivering Yobe North Senatorial district in the 2023 elections.
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The statement read in part:
“I write to reaffirm my continual aspiration as the All-Progressive Congress unequivocal senatorial candidate for Yobe North Senatorial District, following my clearance, participation, and victory at the party primaries where I polled 289 votes out of the 300 total votes cast.
“I write to reaffirm that I remain committed to the mandate which I won at the primaries, and I have not in any form or manner communicated otherwise.
“I have been informed of a purported malicious, and mischievous report and insinuation to the contrary. Please note that I never at any time, signed or communicated in any form any intent to vacate the mandate, which was won at the primaries.”