The Abuja division of the Court of Appeal has affirmed Bashir Sheriff also known as Machina as the authentic candidate of the All Progressives Congress for Yobe North Senatorial District.
In a unanimous judgment, the three-member Justice panel lead by Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem while delivering judgement upheld the judgment of the Damaturu Federal High Court which sacked the President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, and ordered the APC to forward the name of Sheriff Machina to the Independent National Electoral Commission as the authentic winner of the primary, which was held on May 28, 2022.
Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, in the judgment, further held that the exercise of 9 June which Lawan purportedly won was not monitored by INEC.
The appellate court held that the APC made a case for itself and it’s preferred candidate, Ahmed Lawan, but failed to make lawan a co-appellant instead of being the 2nd respondent in the suit.
Which means that the APC and Lawan…
