A lawyer, Barr Akintayo Balogun has said Barshi Machina the ousted All Progressives Congress senatorial candidate for Yobe North is a victim of bad law.

Balogun stated this on ATN Politics while reacting to the judgement of the supreme court which recognized Senate Present, Ahmed Lawan as the candidate of the APC for Yobe north. According to Balogun, Machina is a victim of a bad law prescribe for litigants by the federal high court.

He said, “There is a law and unfortunately litigant are falling victim of the bad law, that is actually the position. Machina is just a victim of bad law. The Federal High Court has made a law and we have abided by the law and now a decision is being made against the law that has been made. Is like two elephants are up there fighting and the grass is suffering the consequence. For me, the judgement is not a good one.

Barr Balogun expressed disappointment in the majority decision. He said the minority decision would have checked impunity in political parties.

“Three judges were in favor of Lawan while two were against the decision. Unfortunately, they are just two so the decision of the majority has to override whatever the minority say.  I have not read the judgement but I have been privilege to see the opinion of the dissenting justices. Honestly, that is the way. That is the position of the law. That kind of dissenting judgement is what we need in Nigeria to stop this jumping from one party to another, to stop people from buying several nomination forms. Stop the discretion that is given to the party to do what-ever they want,” he said

The supreme on Monday affirmed Senate President Ahmad Lawan as the All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial candidate for Yobe north. In a majority judgment delivered on Monday, the apex court allowed the appeal filed by the APC against Bashir Machina’s candidature. Delivering the judgment, three out of a five-member panel agreed with the position of the APC that the suit at the trial court ought not to have commenced via an originating summons since it contained allegations of fraud.