APC Yobe North candidate refuses to step down for Senate President Lawan

Winner of the All Progressives Congress senatorial primary election in Yobe North, Sheriff Machina has refused to step down for Senate President, Ahmed Lawan.

Many had believed Lawan would reclaim the ticket to return to the Senate after losing the APC presidential primaries.

But reacting in a letter on Monday, Machina said after the primary election, he would not surrender his mandate.

“I write to reaffirm my continual aspiration as the All Progressives Congress unequivocal senatorial candidate for Yobe North Senatorial District, following my clearance, participation, and victory at the party primaries where I pulled 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. I am totally committed to my mandate and am working towards delivering Yobe North Senatorial District to our great party, the All Progressives Congress,” he said in a letter to the party’s national secretariat.