August 10, 2022
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it has not accepted the nominations of Senate President ,Ahmed Lawan and former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio as senatorial candidates for Yobe North and Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial Districts respectively.
Reacting to an online report, which claimed that the Commission doctored and backdated documents to accommodate Lawan and Akpabio’s nominations, INEC said it has not recognized any of the two as candidates.
The Commission rejected the nomination of the duo following controversies that surrounded the primary elections that purpotedly produced them as senatorial candidates of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).