The winner of the Yobe North Senatorial primary election of All Progressives Congress (APC), Bashir Machina has said the replacement of his name with Ahmed Lawan’s on the Senatorial list “is undemocratic.”
When the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, lost the party’s presidential primary election, he returned to pursue his senatorial ambition, even without contesting for primary election. Machina’s name was dropped and Lawan’s surfaced as the senatorial candidate.
As a result, Machina has been crying blue murder! In an interview, he said the substitution of his name was unconstitutional. 
“Also, I was surprised when I learned that my name was not on the list but was rather replaced with Lawan’s. Removing my name from that list is very undemocratic, illegal, and inhumane. I wasn’t even consulted before the decision was made. And it’s a known fact that Lawan did not contest a senatorial seat, he contested for the APC presidential primary elections and he lost. The Electoral Act, according to Section 31, states that the only way somebody can be replaced in any form is through withdrawal by the individual or death. By the mercies of Allah, I am well and nothing will happen to me and I have not withdrawn from the race. So, substituting my name with that of another person is a great injustice.”
