Ahmed Lawan picks ₦100m nomination form, joins presidential race

Nigeria’s President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan on Monday joined the 2023 Presidential race, TopNaija reports.

Lawan’s friends purchased the All Progressives Congress, APC, nomination forms at the International Conference Centre, ICC.

It was learnt that Lawan’s friends were led by Chief Sam Nkire, a member of the National Caucus of the party and 15 other Senators.

This makes the Senate President the 24th aspirant to pick the APC’s expression of interest and nomination forms.

APC had scheduled its primary election for May 30, 2022.

A university lecturer from Gashua, Lawan was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1999 to represent the Bade/Jakusko Constituency as a member of the All Nigeria Peoples Party. Lawan was reelected in 2003 before successfully running to become Yobe North Senator in 2007.

On June 11, 2019, Senator Ahmed Lawan of APC was elected and sworn in as the Senate President of the Nigerian 9th Assembly,[20] after defeating his opponent, Senator Ali Ndume who is also an APC Senator.[21] Senator Ahmed Lawan defeated his opponent with 79 votes to 28.