Nigeria, Sept. 30 -- Former Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, has re-emerged as the Nyesom Wike-backed Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP) flagbearer for the 2027 Gombe State governorship election after winning the party's rerun primary.

Mr Pantami secured victory over two other aspirants, Usman Garry and Hamisu Mailantarki, in the exercise conducted across the state's 11 local government areas on Tuesday.

Announcing the results at the Gombe State PDP Secretariat, the Chairman of the Electoral Committee, Temnung Shekarau, stated that 2,555 voters were registered for the primary.

Mr Pantami polled 2,054 votes, about 80 per cent of the total votes cast, while Mr Mailantarki received 389 votes and Mr Garry gathered...