2027: INEC grants provisional clearance to Pantami, Gwarzo – Source

By Omeiza Ajayi & Ben Ngwakwe
There were strong indications on Thursday night that the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC might have provisionally cleared a former Minister of Communications and Digital Economy and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Gombe State, Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, and the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) governorship candidate in Kano State, Abdulsalam Gwarzo, to contest the 2027 elections.
The clearance of both men is subject to the outcome of pending court cases, it was learned on Thursday night.
In Gombe, Pantami’s supporters took over some major areas celebrating the development on Thursday night.
INEC officials d...