The APC has unveiled its 2027 Presidential Campaign Council, naming Senator Abdulaziz Yari as Director-General and Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma as Secretary as the ruling party begins its campaign mobilisation ahead of the January election.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has constituted its Presidential Campaign Council ahead of the January 2027 presidential election, appointing former Zamfara State Governor, Senator Abdulaziz Yari, as Director-General and Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, as Secretary.
The expanded campaign council, released by the Presidency on Saturday, comprises 223 members drawn from across the party and government, with responsibilities spanning mobilisation, election planning, media and strategic communication, legal affairs, finance, grassroots engagement and other campaign operations.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will serve as Chairman of the council, while Vice President Kashim Shettima will serve as Vice Chairman I. APC National Chairman, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, will serve as Vice Chairman II.
Yari, a former governor of Zamfara State and serving senator, will coordinate the council’s overall campaign operations as Director-General, while Uzodimma will serve as Secretary.
APC National Secretary, Senator Ajibola Bashiru, and Hadiza Bala-Usman have been appointed Deputy Secretary and Assistant Secretary respectively.
The campaign structure places President Tinubu and Vice President Shettima at the centre of the APC’s 2027 election campaign, with the party’s national chairman and senior political figures occupying key coordinating positions.
The council’s advisory body includes former APC National Chairman Chief Bisi Akande, Chief Segun Osoba, former Imo State Governor Senator Rochas Okorocha, former APC National Chairman Senator Abdullahi Adamu and Senator Florence Ita-Giwa.
Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Speaker Tajudeen Abbas and Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni have also been assigned senior deputy director-general roles covering campaign activities in the South and North. They will work with Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele and Deputy Senate President Jibril Barau in coordinating the respective zones.
Senator Adams Oshiomhole will serve as Deputy Director-General in charge of mobilisation, while President Tinubu’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, will serve as Deputy Director-General for Administration.
James Abiodun Faleke, who played a prominent role in the APC’s 2022/2023 presidential campaign, returns as Deputy Director-General for Election Planning, Coordination and Monitoring.
He will work with zonal election-planning directors covering the six geopolitical zones.
They include Senator Olushola Adeyeye for the South-West, Dr Ngozi Olejeme for the South-South, Senator Uche Ekwunife for the South-East, Muntaqha Rabe for the North-West, Ahmed Muhammed Ketso for the North-Central and Senator Sani Danladi for the North-East.
Stella Okotete, Abdullahi Garba Ramat and Audu Maikori will serve as secretaries of the Election Planning Directorate.
Muiz Adeyemi Banire will head the Legal Directorate, supported by Dr Liman Hassan and Babatunde Ogala as deputy directors.
Other members of the legal team include Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi; former Katsina State Governor Ibrahim Shema; Worgu Boms and Dr Kingsley Tochukwu Udeh.
Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has been designated Coordinating Director for Media and Strategic Communication. He will work with Dele Alake, Bayo Onanuga and Lanre Issa-Onilu.
Tunde Rahman, Sunday Dare, Daniel Bwala and Felix Morka will serve as Coordinating Deputy Directors within the media directorate.
Abdulaziz AbdulAziz, Temitope Ajayi, Arabinrin Aderonke and Frederick Nwabufo will serve as Coordinating Secretaries.
Segun Dada returns as Director of New Media, a position he previously held during the 2022/2023 campaign, while Solomon Arowolo will serve as Secretary of the New Media Directorate.
The council also appointed five spokespersons, led by Dele Alake. Other spokespersons are Alwan Hassan, Ayobami Oyalowo, Kemi Asekun-Shittu and Adamu Fanda.
President Tinubu charged members of the campaign council to work tirelessly towards securing victory for the APC in the January 2027 election.
He also urged leaders of the various directorates to reach out to party members who were not formally included in the published list but could contribute to the campaign.
Tinubu said his administration had delivered on its campaign promises and placed Nigeria on a path of economic progress, urging campaign officials to communicate the government’s achievements to voters.
He also urged the campaign team to defeat political forces seeking to return the country to what he described as a backward path.
The constitution of the campaign council formally sets in motion the APC’s broader mobilisation machinery for the 2027 presidential contest, with the party expected to deploy its national, zonal and grassroots structures in the months ahead.
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