The Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC )has actually gotten rid of the name of previous Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantamifrom the last list of governorship prospects for the February 6, 2027, election in Gombe State.
Naija News reports that INEC released the last list of 16 cleared prospects for the election, with Pantami, whose name appeared on the provisionary list launched on August 29, missing from the upgraded list.
The last list for Gombe State includes Bala Bello Tinka of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Jamilu Isyaku Gwamna of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and Babayo Ardo Kumo of the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC).
Other prospects INEC cleared consist of Zubairu Mu’azu Halilu of the Labour Party, Lamela L. Silas of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Ibrahim Jalo Abubakar of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), and Adamu Mohammed Ma’aji of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), to name a few.
Remember that a governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Gombe State, Khamisu Ahmed Mailantarki, declined the result of the celebration’s rerun main, firmly insisting that Pantami was not qualified to take part in the workout.
Pantami was stated winner of the rerun governorship main carried out on Tuesday by the Johnbull Shekarau-led electoral committee.
The previous Minister surveyed 2,054 votes, while Mailantarki protected 389 voted and Usman Aliyu Garry got 112 votes.
Speaking to reporters after the statement of the outcomes, Mailantarki argued that a current Supreme Court judgement on arrangements of the Electoral Act impacted Pantami’s eligibility to take part in the main.
Mailantarki declared that, having actually completed second, he must be acknowledged as the celebration’s gubernatorial prospect.
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