The Supreme Court reinstated the Senate President, Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, as the All Progressives Congress’ (APC) senatorial candidate for the Yobe North Senatorial District on Monday with a split decision of three to two.Information Guide Nigeria

The Federal High Court and the Court of Appeal’s rulings affirming Bashir Sheriff Machina as the APC candidate having won the May 28, 2022, election were overturned and set aside by the Apex Court in the majority judgment.

The Supreme Court’s latest decision invalidated the two preceding rulings on the grounds that Bashir Sheriff Machina had used an originating summons to bring his case before the Federal High Court.

Justice Centus Chima Nweze, who delivered the majority judgment of the Apex Court, held that Bashir Sheriff Machina ought to commence his case at the Federal High Court with Writ of summons in view of grievous allegations in his suit against the defendants.NYSC portal

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Justice Nweze said that hostile issues were involved in Machina’s matter that cannot be resolved through originating summons.

However, Justices Adamu Jauro and Emmanuel Akomaye Agim disagreed with the majority judgment and held that both the Federal High Court and the Court of Appeal were correct in their findings and declared Machina as APC’S Senatorial candidate for the Yobe North Senatorial District.

The two Justices held that Machina was lawfully nominated because the primary election of May 28, 2022, which produced him was lawfully conducted in line with the provisions of the law.

Justices Jauro and Agim insisted that APC conducted an unlawful primary election because the May 28 primary election was not cancelled before that of June 9, 2022, that purportedly produced Lawan, describing it as illegal, unlawful and a breach of section 285 of the 1999 Constitution.

Besides, they held that Lawan had in an undisputed letter to APC voluntarily withdrew his participation in the primary election for the Presidential election.JAMB Result

They contended that INEC was specific that it witnessed the May 28 primary election that produced Machina but did not witness that of June 9, 2022 because there was no notification from APC to that effect.

They, therefore, dismissed the appeal by the APC for being incompetent and unmeritorious.

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