2027: INEC grants provisional clearance to Pantami, Gwarzo - Source
Nigeria's electoral commission, INEC, has provisionally cleared Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami and Abdulsalam Gwarzo to contest the 2027 governorship elections. The clearance remains subject to the outcomes of ongoing legal challenges regarding candidate eligibility.
Why it matters
The decision impacts the political landscape of the 2027 Nigerian elections and highlights the influence of judicial rulings on electoral processes.
There were strong indications on Thursday night that the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC might have provisionally cleared a former Minister of Communications and Digital Economy and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Gombe State, Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, and the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) governorship candidate in Kano State, Abdulsalam Gwarzo, to contest the 2027 elections.
The clearance of both men is subject to the outcome of pending court cases, it was learned on Thursday night.
In Gombe, Pantami’s supporters took over some major areas celebrating the development on Thursday night.
INEC officials did not immediately react to Vanguard’s questions regarding the development. But a source said the decisions were reached at the commission’s meeting on Thursday to consider complaints from political parties and candidates whose names were left out of the lists published ahead of the 2027 elections.
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