INEC Excludes Pantami’s Name From Governorship Candidates’ List
INEC’s final list names 16 cleared candidates and leaves the Peoples Democratic Party without a governorship candidate after Pantami won the rerun primary.
- On October 10, 2026, the Independent National Electoral Commission published the final list of 16 governorship candidates for the February 6, 2027, Gombe State election, omitting former Minister of Communications and Digital Economy Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami.
- A Federal High Court nullified the initial primary on September 24, 2026, prompting the Peoples Democratic Party to organize a rerun on September 29, 2026, where Pantami emerged as the party's flagbearer.
- During the rerun, Pantami secured 2,054 votes to defeat Khamisu Mailantarki, who received 389 votes, and Aliyu Garry, who garnered 112 votes, though Mailantarki challenged the outcome, alleging Pantami joined the party after the registration cutoff.
- In a swift reaction on October 10, 2026, the Pantami Campaign Organization called the omission a 'temporary challenge,' while the INEC list notably contains no candidate for the PDP.
- INEC Secretary Rose Oriaran-Anthony confirmed 16 candidates are cleared for the race, a development occurring amid similar exclusions in Ogun State regarding PDP candidate Ladi Adebutu.
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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
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“We are aware of the people working behind the scenes to frustrate good and responsible leadership in Gombe State, but our legal and liaison teams are already engaging with the relevant organs of the party and INEC to ensure full compliance and rectification within the window provided by law. By the grace of Allah, this matter will be resolved,” the statement read.
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