Bashir Machina, winner of the All Progressives Congress
(APC) primary to represent Yobe north senatorial district, has denied stepping
down for Senate President Ahmad Lawan.
A letter circulating on social media claims that Machina has
resigned his APC membership and also withdrawn from contesting in the 2023
general election.
“These decisions [were] taken due to my personal reasons
related to the misunderstanding between I and the leaders of the APC in Yobe
state,” the said letter, which is addressed to the APC national chairman,
reads.
Reacting to the development, Machina said it was not true
that he had stepped down or that he had defected from the APC.
“It has been brought
to my notice that some unscrupulous elements forged a letter of my withdrawal
from the race out of mischief and blackmail,” NAN quoted him as saying.
“I state unequivocally that the letter was forged. I did not
at any time withdraw or resign from the APC.
“I was shocked when I discovered that some persons concocted
plans to mislead the public particularly my supporters into believing that I
have withdrawn.”
He called on the national secretariat of the APC to issue a
statement on the “forged” letter, adding that he had also instructed his
lawyers to institute legal action against those behind it.
There has been some controversy over the APC Yobe north senatorial
ticket.
Machina, at a primary organised by the party in May, had won
unopposed.
But Lawan was said to have participated in another primary
organised by the APC, after he contested the party’s presidential ticket and
lost in June.
There were speculations that Machina was asked to step down
for Lawan, and amid the controversy, the APC had submitted the senate
president’s name to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as its
senatorial candidate for Yobe north.
INEC, however, has said the APC currently has no senatorial
candidate for Yobe north.
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