President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima will serve as Chairman and Vice Chairman of the APC Presidential Campaign Council for the 2027 elections.
The campaign council, constituted by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and released on Saturday, August 22, named former Zamfara State Governor, Senator Abdulaziz Yari, as Director-General, while Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, will serve as Secretary.
APC National Chairman, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, will serve as Vice Chairman, while APC National Secretary, Senator Ajibola Bashiru, and Hadiza Bala-Usman will serve as Deputy and Assistant Secretaries respectively.
The council will be supported by an advisory body comprising Chief Bisi Akande, Chief Segun Osoba, Senator Rochas Okorocha, Senator Abdullahi Adamu and Senator Florence Ita Giwa.
Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Speaker Tajudeen Abbas and Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni were appointed Deputy Directors-General for the South and North.
They will work with Senator Opeyemi Bamidele and Senator Jibril Barau across the two zones.
Senator Adams Oshiomhole will serve as Deputy Director-General in charge of mobilisation, while the President’s Chief of Staff will oversee administration as Deputy Director-General.
James Abiodun Faleke, who played a key role in the 2022/2023 campaign, returns as Deputy Director-General for Election Planning, Coordination and Monitoring.
The campaign council also appointed zonal directors for the six geopolitical zones, alongside officials for election planning, legal, media and strategic communication, and new media.
Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, will serve as Coordinating Director for Media and Strategic Communication, alongside Dele Alake, Bayo Onanuga and Lanre Issa-Onilu.
Dele Alake will lead the campaign’s team of five spokespersons. Others are Alwan Hassan, Ayobami Oyalowo, Kemi Asekun-Shittu and Adamu Fanda.
President Tinubu charged members of the council to work towards securing victory for the APC in the January 2027 elections.
He also urged the directorates to engage other party members who were not formally listed but could contribute to the campaign.
“We have delivered on our campaign promises and set our country on a path of economic progress,” Tinubu said.
The President added that the APC had achievements to showcase as the campaign season begins.
“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,” he said.
Tinubu urged party members to confidently present the administration’s record to Nigerians and mobilise support ahead of the election.
“We have many achievements to trumpet let us confidently showcase our record and inspire hope in every corner of our nation,” the President said.
He also called on the campaign team to defeat opposition forces seeking to return the country to what he described as a backward path.