President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will lead the All Progressives Congress, APC, into the January 2027 elections as chairman of the party’s Presidential Campaign Council, the State House announced Saturday morning.
Vice President Kashim Shettima and APC National Chairman Professor Nentawe Yilwatda will serve as vice chairmen of the council, according to the list signed by Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
Former Zamfara State governor, Senator Abdulaziz Yari, was named Director-General of the campaign. Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma will serve as secretary. APC National Secretary Senator Ajibola Bashiru and former NPA MD Hadiza Bala-Usman were appointed deputy and assistant secretaries respectively.
President Tinubu will work with an advisory body that includes party elders Chief Bisi Akande, Chief Segun Osoba, Senator Rochas Okorocha, former APC National Chairman Senator Abdullahi Adamu, and Senator Florence Ita Giwa.
For zonal coordination, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Speaker Tajudeen Abbas, and Yobe Governor Mai Mala Buni were named Deputy Directors-General for the South and North. They will work alongside Senator Bamidele Opeyemi and Senator Jibril Barau in the two zones.
Senator Adams Oshiomhole was named Deputy Director-General in charge of Mobilisation, while the President’s Chief of Staff will serve as Deputy Director-General for Administration.
James Abiodun Faleke returns as Deputy Director-General for Election Planning, Coordination and Monitoring, the same role he played in the 2022/2023 campaign. He will be supported by zonal directors: Senator Olushola Adeyeye in the South West, Dr Ngozi Olejeme in the 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, Engr. Abdullahi Garba Ramat, and Audu Maikori will serve as secretaries of the election planning directorate.
Muiz Adeyemi Banire will head the Legal Directorate, with Dr Liman Hassan and Babatunde Ogala as deputies. Other members include Prince Lateef Fagbemi, former Governor Ibrahim Shema, Worgu Boms, and Dr Kingsley Tochukwu Udeh.
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris Malagi, will coordinate the Media and Strategic Communication Directorate, alongside Dele Alake, Bayo Onanuga, and Lanre Issa-Onilu. Coordinating deputy directors are Tunde Rahman, Sunday Dare, Daniel Bwala, and Felix Morka. Abdulaziz AbdulAziz will serve with Temitope Ajayi, Arabinrin Aderonke, and Frederick Nwabufor as coordinating secretaries. Segun Dada returns as Director of New Media, with Solomon Arowolo as Secretary.
The party also named five spokespersons led by Dele Alake. Others are Alwan Hassan, Ayobami Oyalowo, Kemi Asekun-Shittu, and Adamu Fanda.
Charging the council, President Tinubu urged members to “work tirelessly to deliver victory for the party in the January 2027 elections” and called on directorate leaders to bring in other party members not formally listed.
“We have delivered on our campaign promises and set our country on a path of economic progress. We are definitely out of the dark tunnel and are now at the cusp of reaping the benefits of a prosperous economy that will benefit all Nigerians,” Tinubu said.
“As we march into the campaign season, we have many achievements to trumpet—let us confidently showcase our record and inspire hope in every corner of our nation. Let us soundly defeat all those forces who plan to take our country backwards.”
