The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has said that his constituents killed cows, camels, and other animals and also fasted for him to regain the Yobe North Senatorial ticket.
Lawan made this known on Tuesday while narrating how he got back his ticket to contest after an initial setback.
The PUNCH had reported on Saturday that Lawan was re-elected into the Senate for the fifth term by his constituents in the senatorial district.
The Senate President noted the people of Yobe North should take credit for the election victory.
Lawan said, “You will recall that when the crisis about who will run for the Senate seat for Yobe North started, the matter was taken to court.
“At the Federal High Court Damaturu, somebody else was given judgement and immediately, the following morning, I issued a statement signed by me that I accepted the judgement of the Federal High Court Damaturu giving the Senate seat to somebody else and that I was not going to appeal the judgement and I meant it and I didn’t have any doubt about what I was doing.
“I was thoroughly convinced of what I was doing. But the people of Yobe North stood up in unison and in solidarity. They said that the Senate seat for Yobe North is not my personal thing. It is their own.”
