BREAKING: Court Orders PDP To Conduct Fresh gov’ship Primary In Gombe
The Federal High Court sitting in Gombe has ordered the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to conduct a fresh primary election for its governorship ticket in Gombe State. The court, presided over by Justice Amina Aliyu…
Pantami, who served as Minister of Communications and Digital Economy under Muhammadu Buhari from 2019 to 2023, had earlier sought the APC governorship ticket in Gombe but defected to the PDP after failing to emerge as the party's consensus candidate. His subsequent emergence as the PDP's governorship candidate for the 2027 election is now nullified by the court, which found grounds to void the primary that produced him.
The ruling is notable given Premium Times' description of the Gombe PDP as "Nyesom Wike-backed," pointing to the wider factional battle within the PDP over control of state structures ahead of 2027. With the party saying it will comply and rerun the primary, the case adds to a string of pre-election legal disputes shaping PDP's candidate lists across states.