{"id":100304,"date":"2022-10-14T13:01:02","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T12:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=100304"},"modified":"2022-10-14T13:01:02","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T12:01:02","slug":"just-in-apc-complies-with-court-order-asks-inec-to-recognise-machina-as-yobe-north-senatorial-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/just-in-apc-complies-with-court-order-asks-inec-to-recognise-machina-as-yobe-north-senatorial-candidate\/","title":{"rendered":"JUST IN: APC complies with court order, asks INEC to recognise Machina as Yobe North senatorial candidate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"adn ads\" data-message-id=\"#msg-f:1746662835874029010\" data-legacy-message-id=\"183d649852a5ddd2\">\n<div class=\"gs\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div id=\":zi\" class=\"ii gt\">\n<div id=\":yz\" class=\"a3s aiL \">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The All Progressives Congress, APC, has written the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, asking the electoral umpire to recognise Bashir Machina as the APC authentic candidate of Yobe North senatorial election as directed by a Federal High Court in Damaturu.<\/p>\n<p>On September 28, the Federal High Court presided by Justice Fadima Aminu directed INEC to accept and publish Mr Machina\u2019s name as the duly and validly elected Yobe North senatorial candidate for APC, thereby upholding the May 28 primary election of the party that produced him.<\/p>\n<p>But hours after Mr Machina\u2019s opponent, the president of the senate Ahmad Lawan, accepted the judgement of the court in good faith, the APC chairman in Yobe State, Mohammed Gadaka, said the party would appeal the judgement.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nBut in a letter dated October 12 and signed by the party\u2019s national chairman, Abdullahi Adamu and the secretary, Iyiola Omisore, the party directed INEC to publish the name of Mr Machina in its portal in line with the court order.<\/p>\n<p>The letter, referenced APC\/NHDQ\/INEC\/19\/022\/128, reads: \u201cWe write to notify the Commission of the attached Judgment dated 28th September 2022 and Order dated 5th October 2022 from the Federal High Court, Damaturu Judicial Division, directing the Commission to accept and recognize BASHIR SHERIFF as the Party\u2019s candidate for Yobe North Senatorial District, Yobe State and to publish same accordingly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbove is for your information and necessary action, please.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hi\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The All Progressives Congress, APC, has written the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, asking the electoral umpire to recognise Bashir Machina as the APC authentic candidate of Yobe North senatorial&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":98963,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-100304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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