GombeThe Gombe State Senatorial/House of Representatives Primary Election Committee of the All Progressive Congress (APC), has commended all its members across the State over the peaceful conduct of the Primary Election held on Saturday 16th May, 2026.The Commendation by Chairman of the Committee, Malam Labiru Musa Kafur, is however coming amidst widespread disaffection and rejection of some results of the direct primary election.Briefing newsmen Sunday evening over the outcome of the election the Chairman said, the peaceful atmosphere, the orderly conduct of aspirants, and the massive, disciplined turnouts across the State proved beyond doubt that the APC internal democracy is robust, stable, and deeply institutionalized.According to him, “by establishing a system anchored heavily on verifiable registers and institutional rules, the outcome of this primary is legally sound and democratically unassailable”.He explained that the Committee was given a clear, uncompromised mandate to deliver a transparent, credible, and flawless primary election across the six (6) Federal House of Representatives constituencies in Gombe State maintaining that, “our overarching objective was to ensure that the bedrock of progressive politics, which is the absolute will of the grassroots membership was fully protected, thereby strengthening party cohesion ahead of the general elections.However, a prominent aspirant for the Balanga/Billiri Federal Constituency, John Alfred Atajiri, discarded the announced result in his constituency alleging that the election did not hold across the constituency.Atajiri said, “it is deeply disturbing that Hon Mohammed Sa’idu Yila Fawu, a former Commissioner in Gombe State, went ahead to announce results for a process that was never conducted”.He alleged that there was overwhelming evidence in the form of videos, photographs, eyewitness accounts, and reports showing clearly that no valid electoral exercise took place before results were declared.According to him, “this development is not only an insult to the democratic rights of party members and delegates, but also a dangerous precedent capable of destroying the confidence and credibility of our great party, the All Progressive Congress (APC) has built over the years”.He therefore appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the National Chairman of the APC, Nentawe Yilwatda Goshwe, to urgently intervene in the matter in order to restore hope, justice, and renewed confidence in the party.According to him, “silence in the face of this situation will only embolden impunity and weaken the faith of ordinary party members who believe in fairness, due process, and equal opportunity”.He called on supporters of the party, youths, elders and well-meaning citizens across Balanga and Billiri to remain calm, peaceful and law- abiding stressing that the situation should not lead them to violence, unrest, or actions capable of disrupting the peace of the community.“We remain confident that truth will prevail and that the voice of the people cannot be permanently silenced”, he assured the supporters.However, in the results released by the committee, Honourable Usman Bello Kumo, retuned as the party candidate for Akko Federal Constituency while Ali Isa JC won the primary election of the party for Balanga/Billiri Federal Constituency.The winners of the primary election in the other four constituencies are as follows: Dukku/Nafada, Jamilu Ahmed Shabewa; Gombe/Kwami/Funakaye, Hon Saddam Bello; Kaltungo/Shongom, Hon Fatima Binta Bello while for Yamaltu/Deba Federal Constituency, Hon Inuwa Garba won the contest.End.