Senate President Ahmad Lawan’s name is not in the final list of contestants published by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Lawan and Bashir Machina have been locked in a long drawn battle over the ticket of the ruling party for Yobe North which Lawan currently represents.

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However, Godswill Akpabio, former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, made it to the list.

Earlier in the week, a Federal High Court in Abuja had ordered INEC to accept and publish Akpabio’s name as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Akwa Ibom North-West District for the 2023 elections.

Details later…