The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has described as victory for the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Supreme Court Judgement affirming him as Yobe APC Senatorial candidate.
He stated this while briefing news men on Monday, in Abuja, after the judgement was delivered by Justice Centus Nweze of the apex court.
Lawan, while thanking God for the victory, said: “Let me start by thanking God for his blessing and of course, what had happened today in the Supreme Court.
“The judgement on Yobe North particularly, is a victory for APC in Yobe and generally APC across the country.
“What happened was democracy at work and the courts gave their various judgements and of course the supreme court gave the final judgement.
“I want to at this point, commend the supreme court and of course, the judiciary generally for making this kind of judgement to strengthen our democracy.
“This is because it is not only for politicians to work and strengthen democracy, it is all of us and all the institutions have their roles to play. So I commend them.”
He further thanked the APC for “taking this matter to the supreme court.
“So today, it is a victory for all of us involved. I am the symbol but the victory is for our party the APC and for democracy.”
Lawan also thanked his colleagues in the Senate for the support, love and for the partnership.
He said: “I want to recommit myself that i will lead well.
“We will always be appreciative of our colleagues who gave us the mandate to lead the ninth National Assembly.
“We will be looking at Feb. 25 when the Presidential and the National Assembly elections will take place.
“By the Grace of God, Nigerians will vote APC once again. On the 25th, the Presidential candidate of the APC, Bola Tinubu will be voted in as President of Nigeria by the grace of God along side Sen. Kashim Shettima who is the Vice Presidential candidate.
“When it comes to the senatorial and House of Representatives, you know what it will be. It will be a landslide majority for the APC and the same thing for the House of Representatives.”
Newsbreak Nigeria earlier reported that Machina had stood in as a placeholder for Lawan as the Senate President contested the presidential primary of the APC.
However, Machina, who won during the senatorial primary organised by the party in May 2022 refused to step down for Lawan but he insisted that he is the rightful candidate.
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