The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disassociated itself from the purported primary election which produced Senate President, Ahmad Lawan as the All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial candidate for Yobe North and recognised only the 28 May primary poll that produced Bashir Sheriff Machina as the duly elected candidate for the district.
The position of the electoral umpire was contained in a legally admissible Certified True Copy (CTC) of the INEC report for the primary election dated Thursday 23rd June 2022.
This has laid to rest the issue of any purported primaries said to have produced Lawan as a senatorial candidate.
The law provides that only election (primary, secondary) duly monitored by INEC is recognised in the eyes of law.
