•We didn’t resort to any reconciliation committee —NWC
•LP calm, ready for campaigns

Within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the National Working Committee (NWC) is awaiting judicial verdict to completely douse the tension arising from the choice of a former Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, as its governorship candidate in Gombe State.

Pantami, formerly a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), was one of the governorship aspirants on its platform in Gombe State.

However, the former minister made a last-minute defection to the PDP in May and clinched the party’s governorship ticket at a time other stakeholders in the opposition party were rooting for already existing members of the PDP.

The stakeholders, who opposed Pantami’s defection and emergence as ticket winner, filed a lawsuit against the former minister. However, the case is awaiting determination.

Investigations by the Nigerian Tribune showed that aside from the Gombe case, the PDP had largely rancour-free primaries across the states where the majority of candidates, including the presidential standardbearer, Senator Sandy Onor, emerged through consensus.

The National Publicity Secretary, Honourable Jungudo Haruna Mohammed, confirmed on Sunday that the PDP had no ticket crises to deal with or conflicts that necessitated the setting up reconciliation committees to settle aggrieved contestants.

“We had a free and fair process across the states. This is the new PDP. We did not replace the names of any winners or ask anyone to step down against their wish.

“The law provides for an appeal panel. That was the window that was used and in cases where there were any appeals, they were disposed of amicably,” he said.

Mohammed added that the names of ticket…