Machina was asked to step down for Lawan but he insisted that he would not withdraw for the Senate President.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has revealed its plan to appeal Wednesday’s Federal High Court ruling recognising Bashir Machina as its candidate for Yobe North Senatorial District in the 2023 elections.
SaharaReporters earlier reported that Nigerian Senate President Ahmad Lawan said he would not appeal the decision of the Court that affirmed Machina's candidacy.
There had been controversy over the APC Yobe North senatorial ticket.
Machina won the primary election organised by the party in May.
Meanwhile, Lawan participated in the presidential primary election organised by the APC in June but lost to former Lagos governor, Bola Tinubu.
Machina was asked to step down for Lawan but he insisted that he would not withdraw for the Senate President.
Amid the controversy, the APC submitted the Senate President’s name to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as its senatorial candidate for Yobe North.
Aggrieved, Machina instituted a suit asking the court to declare him as the authentic senatorial candidate of the APC for the 2023 election.
But in the judgment delivered on Wednesday, Justice Fadimatu Aminu nullified the parallel primary election that produced Lawan on June 9, 2022.
The judge also ordered the APC to forward the name of Machina to INEC as the authentic winner of the primary held in May.
Reacting in a statement, Machina described the judgement as a victory for justice, calling on all his supporters, and indeed the people of Yobe North, to remain peaceful, and not to react in the face of any provocation.
He further declared the judgement as "no victor, no vanquished" and called for an immediate reconciliation among the two groups that exist within the party in Yobe North.
However, Yobe State APC Chairman, Mr. Mohammed Gadaka said the party would appeal the judgement, less than 24 hours after Lawan said otherwise.
In a statement released on Friday, Gadaka insisted that Lawan is the legitimate APC candidate for the Yobe North Senatorial District election.
This was earlier acknowledged by the party's National Working Committee (NWC), led by Senator Abdullahi Adamu.
Gadaka said: “We are aware of the Wednesday, September 28, 2022, ruling of the Federal High Court in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, with respect to the forthcoming Yobe North Senatorial District election.
“However, we respectfully reject the decision of the President of the Senate, His Excellency Senator Ahmad Lawan, accepting the judgment of the court which disqualified his candidature and participation in the election.
“In exercise of our legal rights, the Yobe State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has decided to appeal the Federal High Court ruling in the interest of Yobe State, Nigeria and good governance.”