The Supreme Court has affirmed Senate President Ahmad Lawan as the authentic candidate of the Yobe North Senatorial District election.
The lower courts had affirmed his challenger, Bashir Machina as winner of the May Senatorial primary for Yobe North.
However, the State chapter of the APC insisted that Senator Lawan remained the Senatorial Candidate for the District.
The Supreme Court ‘s decision Monday comes after a similar judgement was declared about two weeks ago in favour of Godswil lAkpabio,former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs.