President Bola Tinubu will, on Wednesday, inaugurate members of the 2027 presidential campaign council in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory.
This was disclosed by the APC National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, in a statement on Tuesday.
In a revised release published by the APC on Monday night, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike; Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke; Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo; and former Minister of Works, Babatunde Fashola, made the list.
Tinubu chairs the campaign council and has Vice President Kashim Shettima and the APC national chairman, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, as vice chairman I and vice chairman II, respectively.
Former governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, is the campaign Director-General, while the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, is the secretary.
Morka, in the statement on Tuesday evening, stated, “The All Progressives Congress has released an updated list of membership of the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu/APC 2027 Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) to be inaugurated on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at 11:00 am, at the Banquet Hall, Presidential Villa, Abuja.
“Please note that only the leadership of the various Directorates of the Presidential Campaign Council are expected to attend the inauguration ceremony.”
Under the revised list made available to journalists on Tuesday, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas and Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, are listed as vice chairmen.
Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni, Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele, Deputy Senate President Barau Jibrin and Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu are listed among the deputy directors-general, with Senator Adams Oshiomhole as Deputy Director General, Mobilisation.
Other officials include the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, in charge of administration; Ibrahim Masari, responsible for logistics and operations; former Speaker, Aminu Masari, Deputy Director-General, Parliament Mobilisation; and the Minister of Works, David Umahi, who will oversee infrastructure mobilisation and sensitisation.
The lawmaker representing Agege Federal Constituency, James Faleke, will handle election planning, coordination and monitoring.
The APC national secretary, Ajibola Basiru and the Special Adviser to the President on Policy Coordination, Hadiza Bala Usman, serve as assistant secretaries.
The council also has zonal campaign coordinators and co-coordinators across the six geopolitical zones.
At the state level, the list names governors and other political figures as campaign coordinators. They include Ahmadu Fintiri for Adamawa, Umo Eno for Akwa Ibom, Charles Soludo for Anambra, Babagana Zulum for Borno, Sheriff Oborevwori for Delta, Hope Uzodimma for Imo, Abba Yusuf for Kano, Dapo Abiodun for Ogun, Ademola Adeleke for Osun, Nyesom Wike for Rivers and the Federal Capital Territory, and Dauda Lawal for Zamfara.
The council also includes former governors and party chieftains as advisers.
They include former APC national chairmen Adebisi Akande and Abdullahi Adamu, former Ogun State Governor Ibikunle Amosun, former Osun State Deputy Governor Iyiola Omisore, former Gombe State Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, former Ogun State Governor Segun Osoba and former Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun.
The Directorate of Election Planning, Coordination, Monitoring and Mobilisation, established ahead of the 2027 general elections, has Faleke as Deputy Director-General, with Stella Okotete and Abdullahi Garba Ramat serving as Secretary I and Secretary II, respectively.
In the Directorate of General Logistics and Operations, Masari is appointed Deputy Director-General, while Adeniyi Tinubu and Yakub Bashir Bello will serve as deputies. Prof. Kabiru Isa was named secretary.
Former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Beta Edu, leads the women mobilisation directorate.
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