…Says elements bent on substituting his name for Senate President
The last is yet to be heard of the crisis over Yobe North senatorial ticket of the All Progressives Congress,APC.
The Independent National Electoral Commission,it will be recalled has confirmed ,Bashir Michina as the candidate of the party after it’s primaries.
APC stakeholders back Michina for refusing to step down for Lawan
However,Michina claimed has been under pressure to step down for Senate President Ahmed Lawan failure which he said plots are on to forge his resignation letter.
Lawan,had lost the Presidential nomination of the APC to party national leader,Senator Bola Tinubu.
According to a statement by Spokesman of his campaign organisation, Hussain Muhammed Isah, some individuals have entered an unholy alliance with some compromised leaders to forge the withdrawal letter of Yobe North APC senatorial candidate, Hon. Bashir Sheriff Machina, even after communicating formally to the Party leadership affirming his stand not to step down for anybody.
Read full statement below:
“It is sad and indeed unfortunate that after all the cries and alarm raised by the Campaign Organisation exposing sinister plot to subvert the will of people of Yobe North, some mischievous elements are hell-bent and determined to carry out their criminal offence.
It has eventually come to light in this untidy business of forged withdrawal letter, that some compromised leaders have become slave to corruption and criminality in Nigeria.
Facts affirming our earlier accusation that some individuals were trying to forge the withdrawal letter of Bashir Machina have emerged, and as Campaign Organisation, we want to make it abundantly clear that any withdrawal letter carrying the signature of our candidate is a forged document and does not emanate from him.
We wonder how a sane person could delve into this embarrassing action which is criminal in nature and has the potentials of soiling the reputation of the APC as a party that stands for justice.
We want to reiterate that Bashir Machina’s letter dated 13th June which was sent to the National Chairman of the APC, Abdullahi Adamu, still stands and any attempt to forge his withdrawal letter would be treated as a pure criminal offence irrespective of the calibre of person(s) involved.
Signed
Husaini Mohammed Isah
Spokesman, Bashir Machina Campaign Organisation
