By our correspondent<\/p>\n
As the 2027 election draws close,former Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, has been left out of the final list of candidates for the February 6, 2027, governorship election in Gombe State.<\/p>\n
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) released the final list after its chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, promised to publish the candidates\u2019 names during a press conference in Abuja earlier in the week.<\/p>\n
According to the list, 16 candidates have been cleared to contest the election.<\/p>\n
They include 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).<\/p>\n
Other candidates are Zubairu Mu\u2019azu 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\u2019aji of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), among others.<\/p>\n
Pantami\u2019s name, however, is missing from the final list, despite appearing on the provisional list published on August 29.<\/p>\n
Pantami had emerged as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate after leaving the APC on May 19.<\/p>\n
However, Ahmed Mailantarki Mailantarki, another aspirant who contested the PDP ticket, challenged his emergence in court.<\/p>\n
The Federal High Court in Gombe later nullified the primary election and ordered the party to conduct a fresh one. Pantami won the rerun primary.<\/p>\n
His participation in the 2027 election was thrown into doubt following a Supreme Court judgment delivered on September 24.<\/p>\n
The judgment restored Sections 77(5), (6), (7) and 84(2) of the Electoral Act 2026. The provisions bar political parties from presenting candidates whose names were not included in the membership register submitted to INEC within the required period.<\/p>\n
Amid the uncertainty over Pantami\u2019s candidacy, Mohammed Haruna, an INEC national commissioner, had suggested that some political parties might not field candidates in the 2027 elections because of the Supreme Court ruling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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