APC Constitutes Presidential Campaign Council: Yari Named DG, Uzodimma Secretary.

APC Constitutes Presidential Campaign Council: Yari Named DG, Uzodimma Secretary.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima will serve as chairman and vice chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council for the 2027 elections, according to a statement released on Saturday.

Party National Chairman Professor Nentawe Yilwatda will also act as vice chairman, while former Zamfara State Governor Senator Abdulaziz Yari has been appointed Director-General of the campaign. Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma will serve as secretary.

APC National Secretary Senator Ajibola Bashiru and Hadiza Bala-Usman have been named deputy and assistant secretaries respectively.

The campaign council’s body of advisers, working under Chairman Tinubu, includes Chief Bisi Akande, Chief Segun Osoba, Senator Rochas Okorocha, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, and Senator Florence Ita Giwa.

Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas, and Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni have been assigned as deputy directors-general for the South and North. They will work with Senators Bamidele Opeyemi and Jibril Barau in the two zones.

Senator Adams Oshiomhole will serve as deputy director-general in charge of mobilisation, while the President’s Chief of Staff will handle administration. James Abiodun Faleke, a key figure in the 2022/2023 campaign, returns as deputy director-general for election planning, coordination and monitoring.

Faleke will work with zonal directors: Senator Olushola Adeyeye (South West), Dr Ngozi Olejeme (South South), Senator Uche Ekwunife (South East), Muntaqha Rabe (North West), Ahmed Muhammed Ketso (North Central), and Senator Sani Danladi (North East). Ms Stella Okotete, Engineer Abdullahi Garba Ramat and Audu Maikori will serve as secretaries of the election planning directorate.

Muiz Adeyemi Banire will head the legal directorate as director, 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.

Minister of Information and National Orientation Mohammed Idris Malagi will serve as coordinating director for media and strategic communication, working with Dele Alake, Bayo Onanuga and Lanre Issa-Onilu. Coordinating deputy directors in the media directorate include Tunde Rahman, Sunday Dare, Daniel Bwala and Felix Morka.

Abdulaziz AbdulAziz, Temitope Ajayi, Arabinrin Aderonke and Frederick Nwabufo will serve as coordinating secretaries of the media directorate. Segun Dada returns as Director of New Media (the role he held in 2022), with Solomon Arowolo as secretary.
The campaign has appointed five spokespersons led by Dele Alake. The others are Alwan Hassan, Ayobami Oyalowo, Kemi Asekun-Shittu and Adamu Fanda.

President Tinubu charged all council members to work tirelessly to secure victory for the party in the January 2027 elections. He also encouraged leaders of the various directorates to reach out to other party members not formally listed to join the effort.

“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. 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,” the President said.