The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Gombe State, Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami has given the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) three days to publish his name on the final list of candidates for the 2027 general election.
In a letter on Monday, addressed to the INEC chairman, the legal team of Professor Pantami led by Senior Advocates of Nigeria Ahmed Raji, A.T. Kehinde and Abdul Mohammed, protested the omission of Pantami’s name from the list published on October 10.
The lawyers described the omission as unlawful and unexplained, arguing that the electoral commission had no legal basis to exclude their client after he emerged as the PDP candidate in a fresh governorship primary conducted on September 29.
They demanded that INEC publish Pantami’s name by Wednesday, October 14, and circulate it with the same prominence as the names of other candidates.
According to the letter, Pantami participated in the PDP’s original governorship primary on May 26, 2026, and emerged as the winner. His nomination was subsequently challenged in two suits before the Federal High Court in Gombe.
In judgments delivered on September 24, the court nullified the May 26 primary over issues relating to its conduct and directed the PDP to conduct a fresh exercise within 30 days.
They urged the Commission to take immediate corrective action and confirm in writing the steps taken to address the omission.
Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.
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