President Bola Tinubu has published the names of members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council for the 2027 election.
The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, in a statement on Saturday, said Tinubu and Vise President Kashim Shettima would be chairman and vise chairman respectively of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, while the former Governor of Zamfara State, Senator Abdulaziz Yari would be director-general of the campaign.
Also, APC National Secretary, Senator Ajibola Bashiru and Hadiza Bala-Usman will be the deputy and assistant secretaries respectively, while Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma will be the secretary of the campaign council.
The statement said Nentawe Yilwatda, the Party Chairman, will also be the vise chairman.
He will also be working with a body of advisers that includes Chief Bisi Akande, Chief Segun Osoba, Senator Rochas Okorocha, Senator Abdullahi Adamu and Senator Florence Ita Giwa.
President Tinubu challenged all council members to work hard to deliver victory for the party in the January 2027 polls and asked heads of the various directorates to reach out to other party members who may not have been formally listed to come and join their important work.
“We have delivered on our campaign promises and we have put our country on a path of economic progress,” he said. “We are certainly out of the dark tunnel and now at the threshold of reaping the dividends of a prosperous economy that will benefit all Nigerians. We have many achievements to trumpet as we march into the campaign season let us confidently showcase our record and inspire hope in every corner of our nation. Let us defeat all those forces that want to take our country backwards.”
It also said Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Speaker Tajudeen Abass and Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni had been appointed as deputy director-generals for the campaign in the south and the north respectively. The two zones will be working with Senator Bamidele Opeyemi and Senator Jibril Barau.
“Senator Adams Oshiomhole will be the deputy director-general in charge of mobilization and the President’s Chief of Staff will be the deputy director-general in charge of administration.
James Abiodun Faleke, who was a key figure in the 2022/2023 campaign, has returned as the Deputy Director General for Election Planning, Coordination and Monitoring.
The Faleke will work with the zonal directors which include Senator Olushola Adeyeye in the South West, Dr Ngozi Olejeme in the South South, Senator Uche Ekwunife in the South East, Muntaqha Rabe in the North West, Ahmed Muhammed Ketso in the North Central and Senator Sani Danladi in the North East. Ms Stella Okotete, Engineer Abdullahi Garba Ramat and Audu Maikori will be the secretaries of the election planning directorate.
“Muiz Adeyemi Banire will be the director of the legal directorate, with Dr Liman Hassan and Babatunde Ogala as his deputies. Others include Prince Lateef Fagbemi, former governor Ibrahim Shema, Worgu Boms and Dr Kingsley Tochukwu Udeh.
Bayo Onanuga, Dele Alake and Lanre Issa-Onilu will be the coordinating director for Media and Strategic Communication alongside Mohammed Idris Malagi, Minister of Information and National Orientation. The media directorate also has Tunde Rahman, Sunday Dare, Daniel Bwala and Felix Morka who have been assigned as coordinating deputy directors.
Abdulaziz AbdulAziz will work with three others, Temitope Ajayi, Arabinrin Aderonke and Frederick Nwabufor as co-ordinating secretaries of the Media Directorate. Segun Dada stays as Director, New Media, the same position he held in 2022. Solomon Arowolo will be Secretary, New Media.
“The campaign has also appointed five spokespersons, with Dele Alake as head. Other spokespersons include Alwan Hassan, Ayobami Oyalowo, Kemi Asekun-Shittu and Adamu Fanda.”
Tinubu Releases APC 2027 Presidential Campaign Council Members: Full List
Full List: Tinubu Releases Names Of APC 2027 Presidential Campaign Council
Full List: Tinubu Releases Names Of APC 2027 Presidential Campaign Council
Full List: Tinubu Releases Names Of APC 2027 Presidential Campaign Council
Full List: Tinubu Releases Names Of APC 2027 Presidential Campaign Council
Full List: Tinubu Releases Names Of APC 2027 Presidential Campaign Council
Full List: Tinubu Releases Names Of APC 2027 Presidential Campaign Council
Full List: Tinubu Releases Names Of APC 2027 Presidential Campaign Council
Full List: Tinubu Releases Names Of APC 2027 Presidential Campaign Council
Full List: Tinubu Releases Names Of APC 2027 Presidential Campaign Council
Full list: Tinubu announces members of APC 2027 presidential campaign council
Full List: Tinubu Names Members Of APC 2027 Presidential Campaign Council
