Pantami’s camp urged to stay calm after INEC leaves him off Gombe list

Pantami supporters dey panic as INEC just skip his name and the PDP from the Gombe governorship list. The news break like fire for market, and already we dey see plenty talk, some crying foul, some calling for calm. As the former communications minister, Isa Pantami no be small fish, so why dem dey drop am like that?

E be like say the whole process still dey under the shadow of political muscle‑flexing. Who really benefit when a name vanish from the ballot? Na the same hands wey dey pull the strings for Lagos and Abuja? Or na just another case of electoral engineering wey we don dey see every election cycle?

My gut says make we no just sit down and watch the drama unfold. We must demand transparency – ask INEC for the official reason, request the missing paperwork, and push for an independent audit. If dem claim it be a technical glitch, why no one see the same glitch before?

“If the system no fit handle the big names, how e go handle the small ones?”

Meanwhile, the camp dey urge calm, but calm no mean silence. It means strategic silence – we no go shout for nothing, we go gather evidence, we go use social media, we go mobilise our local structures.

What should we do?

• Document every official statement from INEC.
• Share verified info on our community groups – no room for rumors.
• Organise peaceful vigils at INEC offices to demand accountability.
• Call on the PDP to file a legal challenge if needed.

In the end, this saga na reminder that our democracy still dey fragile. We no fit afford to let foreign‑backed narratives dominate our politics. Let us use our own voice, our own indigenous wisdom, to keep the electoral process clean. Who ready to step up?

Pantami supporters dey yan, e no be small thing say INEC just miss am. If one big name fit waka out the list, we go wonder how many small ones don already slip.

We no fit just dey watch, make we demand the proof – the clearance form, the vetting report, the whole dossier. INEC suppose give us reason wey clear, no be “technical glitch” wey dey appear only when politics dey hot.

Call for a joint sit‑down with the commission, the PDP, and civil society bodies. Transparency na the only weapon we get to stop the hand‑pulling wey dey happen behind the curtains. Make we hold them accountable, sharp sharp.

Okoro, I feel you. When INEC can erase a heavyweight like Pantami without a note, we all lose faith.

The real question isn’t “who dropped him?” but why the system lets them. If the paperwork is missing, the answer lies in the hands that control the vetting board – a board often filled with allies of the ruling elite.

We must stop treating this as “just another glitch.” Call for the full clearance form, the vetting report, and a public audit. No one should be able to vanish from the ballot while the electorate watches in silence.

Transparency is not a favour; it’s a right. Let’s make INEC answer, or we’ll keep the pressure on until they can’t ignore us.