Pantami Wins PDP Governorship Primary in Gombe
Professor Isa Ali Pantami was declared the winner of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary rerun held on Tuesday, receiving 2,555 votes. His challengers, Khamisu Ahmed Mailantarki and Usman Aliyu Garry, received 389 and 112 votes, respectively.
Following the announcement at the PDP secretariat in Gombe, Pantami urged his opponents to unite for the party's success in the 2027 general elections. This rerun was necessitated by a Federal High Court ruling that nullified the party's earlier primary.
Pantami emphasized the need to move past the contentious primary and focus on rebuilding the party. However, Mailantarki rejected the results, claiming Pantami was ineligible to participate and threatened to challenge the outcome in court.
Garry also deemed the exercise invalid due to Pantami's participation. Pantami's ambition includes providing "purposeful leadership" to rescue Gombe from perceived mis-governance under the All Progressives Congress (APC).
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