Pantami Defects to PDP, Secures Gombe Governorship Ticket

Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, former Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, has joined the Peoples Democratic Party and clinched its governorship ticket for Gombe State. He was declared the sole aspirant by Hon. Gregory Yenlong of the PDP Electoral Panel, after a voice affirmation at the party primary on Tuesday. Pantami said he contested to serve the people and pledged to govern with fairness and justice if elected in 2027. He now faces Jamilu Gwamna of the All Progressives Congress. Pantami had earlier withdrawn from the APC primary over transparency concerns. Four PDP aspirants raised objections to his defection, but the party’s stakeholders affirmed him as their standard-bearer.

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