INEC Excludes Pantami’s Name From Governorship Candidates’ List
INEC’s 16-candidate list leaves the PDP without a governorship nominee, deepening questions after Pantami won 2,054 votes in a rerun primary.
- The Independent National Electoral Commission excluded former Minister of Communications and Digital Economy Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami from its final list of 16 governorship candidates for the February 6, 2027, Gombe State election.
- Pantami had secured the Peoples Democratic Party ticket during a court-ordered rerun primary on September 29, 2026, after a Federal High Court ruling on September 24, 2026, nullified his earlier nomination.
- Rival Khamisu Mailantarki challenged the victory, arguing Pantami's 2,054 votes should be voided for late PDP membership, though Pantami defeated Mailantarki, who received 389 votes, and Aliyu Garry, who garnered 112.
- On October 10, 2026, the Pantami Campaign Organization and Pantamiyya Movement issued a statement urging supporters to remain calm and describing the omission as a "temporary challenge."
- With no other PDP candidate listed in Gombe State, the party faces representation uncertainty similar to Ogun State, where candidate Ladi Adebutu is also missing from INEC's final list.
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INEC drops Pantami from final list of Gombe governorship candidates
The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has dropped the name of former Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, from the final list of governorship candidates for Gombe State.
BREAKING: Gombe: INEC drops Pantami’s name from final governorship candidates list
The name of former Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, is missing from the final list of governorship candidates for the February 6, 2027, election in Gombe State, released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). INEC published the final list of 16 cleared candidates for the election, with Pantami, […] BREAKING: Gombe: INEC drops Pantami’s name from final governorship candidates list
INEC Drops Pantami’s Name From Gombe Final Governorship Candidates List
The Genius Media NG BREAKING: INEC Drops Pantami’s Name From Gombe Final Governorship Candidates List BREAKING: INEC Drops Pantami’s Name From Gombe Final Governorship Candidates List The name of former Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, is missing from the final list of governorship candidates for the February 6, 2027, election in Gombe State, released by the Independent National Electoral Commissio…
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