The All Progressives Congress (APC) has revised and expanded its Presidential Campaign Council to include some prominent opposition political leaders ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Notable among them are former Rivers State Governor and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike; Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke, and Anambra State Governor Chukwuma Soludo.
Wike belongs to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Soludo is a member of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), while Adeleke won recently re-elected as Osun governor under the Accord Party.
Under the new arrangement, Wike will coordinate the APC campaign in Rivers State and the FCT, Soludo will oversee Anambra, while Adeleke will coordinate the campaign in Osun for the re-election bid of President Bola Tinubu.
The expanded list is scheduled for inauguration by President Tinubu on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
The APC initially released its campaign council list on August 22, naming former Zamfara State Governor Abdulaziz Yari as Director-General. Senate President Godswill Akpabio, House of Representatives Speaker Tajudeen Abbas and Yobe Governor Mai Mala Buni were appointed Deputy Directors-General.
In the revised list, Akpabio, Abbas and Kwara Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq are deputy vice-chairmen I, II and III, respectively, while Buni becomes deputy director-general I for the North.
The council also includes former governors and party chieftains as advisers, which include former APC national chairmen Adebisi Akande and Abdullahi Adamu; former Ogun State Governor Ibikunle Amosun; former Osun State Governor Iyiola Omisore; Senator Ibrahim Dankwambo; Senator George Akume; former Ogun State Governor Segun Osoba; and former Minister of Finance Wale Edun. Obafemi George is listed as an adviser on media.
The Directorate of Election Planning, Coordination, Monitoring and Mobilisation, established ahead of the 2027 general election, has Faleke as Deputy Director-General, with Stella Okotete and Engr. Abdullahi Garba Ramat serving as Secretary I and Secretary II, respectively. Audu Maikori is also listed as a secretary.
Other members of the directorate include Soares Omotola, Bashir Dabo, Sheriff Mohammed Usman, Jibrin Bancir, Ayoola Peter Olajolo, Abubakar Sadiq Sada and Princess Folasade Ogunbiyi.
