JUST IN: Pantami Gives INEC 3-Day Ultimatum Over Omission From Gombe Governorship List

Former Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Pantami, has given the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) a three-day ultimatum to include his name in the final list of candidates for the 2027 governorship election in Gombe State.
Pantami, through his solicitors, Ahmed Raji & Co., accused the commission of unlawfully omitting his name from the list published on October 10, 2026, despite his emergence as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in a fresh primary election.
In a letter dated October 12, 2026, and addressed to the INEC Chairman, the law firm demanded that the commission publish Pantami’s name as the PDP governorship candidate within...