Pantami’s Gives INEC 3 Days To Publish His Name On Gombe Governorship List

Lawyers to Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Gombe State, have given the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) three days to publish his title on the ultimate listing of candidates for the 2027 normal election.

In a letter on Monday, addressed to the INEC Chairman, the authorized workforce, led by Senior Advocates of Nigeria Ahmed Raji, A.T. Kehinde and Abdul Mohammed, protested the omission of Pantami’s title from the listing revealed on October 10.

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The attorneys described the omission as illegal and unexplained, arguing that the electoral fee had no authorized foundation to exclude their shopper after he emerged because the PDP candidate in a recent governorship main carried out on September 29.

They demanded that INEC publish Pantami’s title by Wednesday, October 14, and flow into it with the identical prominence because the names of different candidates.

According to the letter, Pantami participated within the PDP’s unique governorship main on May 26, 2026, and emerged because the winner. His nomination was subsequently challenged in two fits earlier than the Federal High Court in Gombe.

In judgments delivered on September 24, the court docket nullified the May 26 main over points referring to its conduct and directed the PDP to conduct a recent train inside 30 days.

However, the attorneys maintained that the court docket had resolved the challenges to Pantami’s celebration membership and eligibility towards the plaintiffs in each circumstances.

They cited the judgments, which held that the plaintiffs had not established that Pantami was ineligible for membership or sponsorship by the PDP, regardless of disputes over his title within the celebration’s membership register.

The authorized workforce argued that the restriction utilized to the nullified main and didn’t forestall INEC from recognising the result of the recent train carried out in compliance with the court docket’s orders.

LEADERSHIP had earlier reported that the title of Professor Pantami was lacking from the INEC closing listing of candidates for the 2027 governorship election launched on Saturday.

Citing earlier court docket choices, together with Dingyadi v. INEC and Raymond v. INEC, the attorneys argued that the elimination of a nominated candidate’s title was a judicial act and that INEC’s function in celebration primaries was to look at, monitor and report on the method relatively than independently disqualify candidates.

They urged the fee to take speedy corrective motion and ensure in writing the steps taken to deal with the omission.