Nigeria Senate President, Dr Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan will on September 28, know his fate if he is actually the All Progressives Congress (APC) Senatorial candidate as the Federal High Court in Damaturu, Yobe State has set September 28 as the deadline for a decision in a suit filed by Bashir Machina.
The Yobe North Senatorial district which Senator Lawan is representing has been a subject of contention with Bashir Sheriff Machina saying he won the primary election which was conducted on May 28.
Machina sued the All Progressives Congress and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) not to recognise Ahmad Lawan, but himself having won the primary election.
After a heated argument between both Counsels, Justice Fadima Aminu had reserved judgement on the tussle till September 28.
Machina is asking the court to declare him as the authentic senatorial candidate of the APC for the 2023 election.
With the new development, his fate will be determined on Wednesday by the court.
Lawan is currently locked in battle with Machina for the ticket.
Machina emerged the winner of the primary election supervised by INEC officials. The senate president did not participate in the primary election.
At the time the exercise was held, Lawan was pursuing his presidential ambition but lost out at the end.
Rather than submit the name of the elected candidate, the name of the senate president was submitted to the commission by the ruling APC, a move that led to the deliberate omission of their names from the published particulars of candidates in late June.
To clarify the brewing controversy around the seat, INEC, on at least two occasions, said it rejected the senate president’s name because he had not been validly nominated for the senatorial seat.
The commission, however, urged the duo to resolve their issues internally or seek redress in court.
