Tinubu, Shettima to Lead APC 2027 Campaign Council as Yari Emerges DG

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima will lead the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council ahead of the 2027 general elections.

The composition of the council, released by the Presidency on Saturday, places Tinubu as chairman and Shettima as vice chairman of the campaign council.

APC National Chairman, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, will also serve 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, while APC National Secretary, Senator Ajibola Bashiru, and Hadiza Bala-Usman will serve as deputy and assistant secretaries respectively.

The campaign council will be supported by a team of senior political advisers comprising former APC National Chairman, 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 designated deputy director-generals for the southern and northern zones.

They will work alongside Senator Opeyemi Bamidele and Senator Jibril Barau in coordinating campaign activities across the two broad regions.

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 prominent role in the APC’s 2022/2023 presidential campaign, returns as Deputy Director-General in charge of election planning, coordination and monitoring.

Faleke will coordinate the party’s zonal election directors, including 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.

Ms Stella Okotete, Engineer Abdullahi Garba Ramat and Audu Maikori have been appointed secretaries of the election planning directorate.

In the legal directorate, Muiz Adeyemi Banire will serve as director, with Dr Liman Hassan and Babatunde Ogala as deputies. Other members include Attorney-General of the Federation Prince Lateef Fagbemi, former Katsina State Governor Ibrahim Shema, Worgu Boms and Dr Kingsley Tochukwu Udeh.

The campaign’s media and strategic communications team will be coordinated by Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris Malagi, alongside Dele Alake, Bayo Onanuga and Lanre Issa-Onilu.

Tunde Rahman, Sunday Dare, Daniel Bwala and Felix Morka have been named coordinating deputy directors in the media directorate.

Abdulaziz AbdulAziz, Temitope Ajayi, Arabinrin Aderonke and Frederick Nwabufor will serve as coordinating secretaries.

Segun Dada will return as Director of New Media, a position he held during the 2022/2023 campaign, while Solomon Arowolo will serve as Secretary of the New Media directorate.

The campaign council also named five spokespersons, with Dele Alake as the lead spokesperson. Others are Alwan Hassan, Ayobami Oyalowo, Kemi Asekun-Shittu and Adamu Fanda.

President Tinubu charged members of the council to work tirelessly towards securing victory for the APC in the January 2027 elections.

He also directed leaders of the various directorates to engage other party members who were not included in the formal list and bring them into the campaign effort.

The President urged the campaign team to focus on the administration’s achievements and communicate its economic agenda to Nigerians.

“We have delivered on our campaign promises and set our country on a path of economic progress,” Tinubu said, urging the campaign team to confidently present the administration’s record and inspire hope across the country.

He further charged the council to defeat what he described as forces seeking to take Nigeria backwards.