Mr Pantami secured the PDP factional ticket shortly after defecting from the All Progressives Congress (APC), following allegations of unfair treatment by the APC leadership in Gombe State.

Pantami, an ex-Minister of Communications, was declared as the PDP governorship candidate following a consensus arrangement.

A governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Gombe State, Abdulkadir Saleh, has rejected the emergence of former Minister of