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Pantami’s name missing from INEC’s Gombe governorship candidates list

INEC's published list of Gombe governorship candidates did not include Isa Pantami, who had won a court-ordered PDP primary rerun on September 29, 2026. Rivals Khamisu Mailantarki and Aliyu Garry had rejected the rerun result, with Mailantarki alleging Pantami joined the PDP after the registration cutoff date.

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