Pantami defects to PDP, secures Gombe governorship ticket Former Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Aliyu Ibrahim Pantami, has defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and secured the party’s governorship ticket for the 2027 election in Gombe State. Pantami emerged as the PDP candidate through a voice affirmation exercise conducted during the party’s governorship primary held on Tuesday in Gombe. Chairman of the PDP electoral panel, Gregory Yenlong, announced the outcome of the exercise, revealing that Pantami garnered 16,781 votes in Gombe North, 12,752 votes in Gombe Central, and 23,422...