The flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Yobe North Senatorial District in the forthcoming general elections, Bashir Machina, has condemned a forged withdrawal letter slated to be in his name sent to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Machina made this allegation in a statement by the spokesman of his campaign organization, Husaini Mohammed Isah, in Abuja.
Isah said that Machina has been under pressure to relinquish the senatorial ticket he won during the primary election to Senator Ahmad Lawan.
The statement reads in parts “Information available to Bashir Machina Campaign Organisation has it that 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.
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 offense irrespective of the calibre of person (s) involved.”
