Politics
2027: Gombe PDP guber aspirant rejects Pantami
A governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Gombe State, Abdulkadir Saleh, has rejected the emergence of former Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, as the party’s governorship candidate.
Interacting with reporters at his residence in Gombe, Saleh stated that Pantami’s emergence was unfair to other aspirants who purchased nomination forms and participated in the processes outlined by the party.
Noting that the primary election earlier scheduled for Sunday was postponed to Tuesday, Saleh said he was surprised to learn that Pantami had emerged as the party’s candidate.
“While we were waiting for the primary election to be conducted last Sunday, it was suddenly announced that it was moved to Tuesday.
“Without any explanation from the party leadership, we woke up this morning to the news that Isa Pantami had emerged as the PDP governorship candidate,” he said.
The aspirant equally queried Pantami’s participation in the PDP primary, alleging that he had earlier contested in the APC governorship primary conducted on May 21, 2026.
“I condemn in the strongest terms what I consider an injustice against me and other aspirants. My legal team is already working on the matter, and we will seek redress through the appropriate legal channels,” he stated.
Pantami reportedly emerged as the PDP governorship candidate through voice affirmation during the party’s primary election held on Tuesday ahead of the 2027 governorship election.
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A Federal High Court in Gusau has fixed August 31, 2026, to deliver judgment in a suit challenging the All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial primary election in Zamfara North.
The case was filed by APC senatorial aspirant Dr Sani Abdullahi Shinkafi against the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and Senator Sahabi Ya’u, who was declared the winner of the primary election.
During Friday’s court session, both the plaintiff and the defendants adopted their final written addresses.
After reviewing the submissions, the trial judge, Justice Hassan Dikko, adjourned the case and fixed August 31, 2026, for judgment.
Shinkafi is asking the court to determine the legality of the APC primary election held for the Zamfara North Senatorial District.
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The Osun State All Progressives Council, APC, Governorship Campaign Council and The Imole Campaign Council, TICC, have traded accusations over a social media video allegedly showing groups of citizens taking oaths of allegiance ahead of the August 15, 2026, governorship election.
The APC campaign council, in a statement signed by its Head of Media and Publicity Committee, Oluremi Omowaiye, expressed concern over the video and alleged that it was connected to Governor Ademola Adeleke and the Accord Party.
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Presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Prince Adewole Adebayo, has expressed hope that President Bola Tinubu will be the last of the “embarrassing presidents” Nigeria will have.
Recall that a delegation of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria visited President Tinubu on Tuesday, July 28.
Remarks by Tinubu, the Presidency and Archbishop Emeritus of the Abuja Catholic Archdiocese, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, triggered a wave of controversy.
Onaiyekan said Tinubu rejected their concerns over the economic hardship faced by Nigerians.
Reacting, Adebayo said the Catholic bishops should have immediately called for an emergency national prayer for Tinubu.
According to him, the President should have been more responsible in his remarks to the Catholic bishops, who came to him with concerns about the situation of Nigerians.
“What is surprising to me is how the Catholic bishops could meet with President Tinubu and listen to President Tinubu talk the way he talked, and they left the Villa without calling for emergency national prayer.
“Because that President that they met there cannot be the kind of President God wanted us to have. So, I said our sins are too many that God gave us that kind of President, or the President’s own personal sins is too much that God is letting him expose himself.
“I went to Catholic school, and when you see someone behaving like that, they call everybody together. So, what I look forward to is the clergy, the Catholic bishops, and others to start praying.
“They need prayers; they need to be told the truth.
“But I believe that President Tinubu, I hope, is the last of the embarrassing Presidents that we will be having,” he said.
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