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The PDP and former minister Isa Pantami have given INEC until Wednesday to include his name on the final Gombe governorship candidate list, after his lawyers argued he was wrongly excluded despite winning a court-ordered primary rerun. INEC has not publicly responded to the dispute.
INEC has published a list of 16 candidates for the Gombe governorship race that does not include PDP's Pantami. According to Premium Times, Pantami had emerged as the PDP candidate in a fresh primary election in September after a court voided his earlier nomination.
INEC cleared 16 candidates to contest the 6 February 2027 Gombe State governorship election. Pantami reacted after his name was omitted from the list, according to Premium Times.
Supporters of former minister Isa Pantami have called for calm after INEC's Gombe governorship list reportedly omitted his name and that of the PDP. The reason for the omission has not been stated.
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.
A Gombe State governorship candidate organised a one-day free fuel distribution for commercial motorcycle (okada) and tricycle (keke) operators. The exercise ran from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday at designated filling stations in Gombe metropolis.
Khamisu Mailantarki, a PDP governorship aspirant in Gombe State, said he did not declare himself winner of the party's fresh primary as reported in the media. He told Arewa PUNCH he has no power to make such a declaration.
A Federal High Court in Gombe has nullified the APC primary election that produced J. C. Ali as the party's candidate for Balanga/Billiri Federal Constituency and ordered a fresh primary.
Isa Ali Pantami won the PDP Gombe governorship primary rerun with 2,054 votes, ahead of Khamisu Mailantarki (389) and Aliyu Garry (112), according to the rerun committee chairman. The rerun followed a Federal High Court order nullifying the original May 2026 primary.
Pantami won the PDP governorship primary in Gombe State, defeating aspirants Usman Garry and Hamisu Mailantarki, according to Premium Times. The exercise was held across the state's 11 local government areas on Tuesday.
A rival candidate, Mailantarki, said the PDP fielded Isa Ali for a rerun primary in Gombe despite warnings, alleging Ali was not a party member 21 days before the primaries. The claim has not been independently verified.
Former minister Isa Pantami, Khamisu Mailantarki and Usman Garry are set to contest a fresh PDP governorship primary ahead of the 2027 Gombe election, according to Punch.
The Federal High Court in Gombe nullified Isa Ali Pantami's emergence as PDP's 2027 governorship candidate, ruling the May 2026 primary breached party rules and the Electoral Act, and ordered a fresh primary within 30 days. Plaintiffs' lawyers say they have filed an appeal and a motion to stop Pantami from contesting the rescheduled primary.
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