Uncertainty surrounds Lawan and Akpabio's Senate bid in 2023. Godswill Akpabio and Ahmed Lawan The primary elections held in the senatorial districts of Yobe North and Akwa Ibom North were endorsed by the Independent National Electoral Commission, according to information it received from state chapters. The electoral body recommended candidates who had been dropped by the party to file a lawsuit challenging the party's decision to disqualify them in a statement signed by Festus Okoye, National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee. While reiterating that the commission is "funtus officio in the two cases, Okoye stated that online rumors regarding the results of certain recent political party primaries and other issues have caught the panel's attention. "The commission's attention has been called to rumors circulating online regarding the results of several of the recent primaries held by political parties and related con...