During the valedictory session of the ninth senate on Saturday, Senator Rochas Okorocha, who represents Imo West, expressed his confusion and sought clarification from Senate President Ahmad Lawan regarding his own return to the senate.
Okorocha was perplexed about how Lawan managed to regain his position as a senator after both of them had lost the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress, APC, to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the primary election.
To add to the surprise, the Supreme Court later affirmed Lawan as the authentic candidate, despite him not participating in the primary. Instead, Bashir Machina was elected as the candidate of the Yobe North senatorial ticket for the party.
He said, “I did not contest for senate this period. I only contested for the office of the president.
“You are a very smart politician. How you came back is another chapter in our political history that we need to discuss.
“I was there in the field with you running for president, I never knew how you were able to meander, leaving some of us. Next time you must teach me how to do that.”
Reacting to his appeal Lawan said: “It was easy. I was there with you in the field and after our defeat, my constituents thought they needed me again.
“They asked for me to come back and it was a tortious journey because we had to go through the courts.”
