The Federal High Court sitting in Gombe has ordered the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to conduct a fresh governorship primary election in Gombe State.
The court also nullified the emergence of Prof. Isa Ali Pantami as the party’s governorship candidate for the 2027 election.
Justice Amina Aliyu Mohammed gave the order in a suit filed by Usman Aliyu Garry, who challenged the process that produced Pantami as the PDP candidate.
Garry had argued that the party failed to conduct the required primary election before announcing Pantami as its candidate on June 26, 2026.
Pantami, who initially sought the governorship ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC), defected to the PDP after the APC settled for Jamilu Gwamna as its consensus candidate.
He later emerged as the PDP candidate during the party’s governorship primary in May through voice affirmation.
In the judgment delivered on Thursday, the court ordered the PDP to conduct a fresh governorship primary in line with its guidelines and relevant electoral laws.
The fresh primary is expected to determine the party’s candidate for the 2027 Gombe State governorship election.
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