Isa Pantami clinches Gombe PDP governorship ticket. Credit:Bashir Ahmad | X

The immediate past Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Professor Isa Ali Pantami, has emerged as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Gombe State ahead of the 2027 elections.

Pantami was selected through voice affirmation during the party’s primary election held on Tuesday in Gombe.

The process took place at a venue in the state capital where party stakeholders endorsed him as the flagbearer.

He was subsequently declared the sole aspirant by the Chairman of the PDP Electoral Panel, Gregory Yenlong.