2023: My purported resignation from APC, withdrawal from Yobe North Senatorial race forged
Anthony Iwuoma
Bashir Machina, who is locked in battle with the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, over the candidature of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for Yobe North Senatorial District has said his purported letter of resignation from the party and withdrawal from the senatorial race was forged.
Machina had won the senatorial primaries of the APC at a time Senate President Ahmad Lawan was gunning for the party’s presidential ticket.
A letter addressed to the APC National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, had claimed that Machina had resigned from the party and withdrawn from the race.
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Strangely, the letter, which was dated September 4, 2022 , was reportedly received on July 1, 2021.
“I write to notify you of my resignation from the All Progressive Congress (APC). I am by this letter also informing you of my withdrawal from the Yobe North Senatorial race,” the poorly written letter read.
“These decisions was taking due to my personal reasons related to misunderstanding between I and the leadership of the APC in Yobe State. It’s my hope to reconcile the issues in close-door but unfortunately I was not opportune to made it.
“It’s my pleasure to use this medium to thank all my supporters for your solidarity and love.
“I wish to thank you personally for your graciousness and leadership. I also wish you best of luck in service to the party.”
However, Machina denied ever resigning from the party and withdrawing from the race, describing the said letter, as the handiwork of mischief makers.
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According to him: “It is brought to my notice that some unscrupulous elements have forged my withdrawal letter out of mischief and blackmail.
“I want to state unequivocally that the purported letter was forged. I did not at anytime withdraw nor resign from my party.
“I was shocked when I discovered that some persons concocted plans to mislead the public particularly my supporters into believing that I have withdrawn.
“The discrepancies between the two dates especially between the date of writing the purported letter and the date it was receipt exposed the authors inadequacies and lack of sufficient administrative knowledge.
“Although we suspect that this letter may be another fake news and the hand work of enemies of peace, yet the APC’s National secretariat must speak up on it since it is carrying the official stamp of the secretariat.
“For the avoidance of doubt, I have not resigned nor withdrawn my candidature, I am in APC and have no intention to move to any party. I will (Insha Allah) pursue my senatorial ambition on the platform of the All Progressives Congress.
“I have already instructed my lawyers to review the fake letter and take necessary legal actions against the culprit(s).”
Machina has been fighting an epic battle to retain the APC ticket for the APC flag for Yobe North in the 2023 election but the Senate President, Lawan, has not stopped trying to take it from him.
