APC Yobe North: Machina Alleges Plot To Forge Withdrawal Letter

Winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election in Yobe North, Bashir Machina, has cried out over what he Tuesday claimed as an attempt to forge a letter of his withdrawal from the race.

GreenWhiteGreen GWG reports that Machina has been under pressure to step down for Senate President Ahmad Lawan who missed the APC primary after he took the initiative to partake in the APC presidential primary which he lost.

Since then there have been reports of pressure on Machina to step down for Lawan. The candidate has, however, stood his ground affirming that he would under no circumstances withdraw and conveyed a letter to that effect to the national chairman of the party, Senator Abdullahi Adamu.

However in a fresh development, Machina in a statement on Tuesday alleged plots by some unnamed elements to forge his withdrawal letter from the Yobe North contest.

In a statement issued by Husaini Isah, spokesman of Machina Campaign Organisation, the candidate called on Nigerians to be alert on the plot which he said was unfolding.

He said:

“Information available to the 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, Bashir Machina, even after communicating formally to the Party leadership affirming his stand not to step-down for anybody.

“It is sad and indeed unfortunate that after all the cries and alarm raised by the campaign organisation exposing a sinister plot to subvert the will of people of Yobe North, some mischievous elements are hell-bent and determined to carry out their criminal offence.

“It has eventually come to light in this untidy business of a forged withdrawal letter, that some compromised leaders have become slaves to corruption and criminality in Nigeria.”

Machina affirming that he had no intentions to withdraw from the Yobe North race said:

“Facts affirming our earlier accusation that some individuals were trying to forge the withdrawal letter of Bashir Machina have emerged, and as a Campaign Organisation, we want to make it abundantly clear that any withdrawal letter carrying the signature of our candidate is a forged document and did not emanate from him.

“We wonder how a sane person could delve into this embarrassing action which is criminal in nature and has the potential of soiling the reputation of the APC as a party that stands for justice.

“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 offence irrespective of the calibre of person(s) involved.”

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