FULL LIST: Wike, Adeleke, Soludo in as APC rejigs Tinubu’s campaign council
Nyesom Wike, minister of the Federal Capital Territory
(FCT); Ademola Adeleke, governor of Osun; and Chukwuma Soludo, governor of
Anambra; have been included in the expanded presidential campaign council of
the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2027 general election. In the new list, which will be inaugurated by President Bola
Tinubu at the presidential villa in Abuja on Wednesday, Wike was appointed
coordinator of the party’s campaign in Rivers and the FCT. Soludo was appointed coordinator for Anambra, while Adeleke
is named coordinator for Osun. Adegboyega Oyetola, minister of marine and blue
economy, was named deputy national coordinator I for stakeholders’ mobilisation
in the south-west. Wike is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),
Soludo was re-elected for a second term in November 2025 on the platform of the
All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), while Adeleke won his re-election on
August 16 under Accord. The APC had initially released the list on August 22,
appointing Abdulaziz Yari, former governor of Zamfara, as director-general;
while Senate President Godswill Akpabio; Tajudeen Abbas, speaker of the house
of representatives; and Mai Mala Buni, governor of Yobe; were named deputy
director-generals. However, in the new list, Akpabio, Abbas and AbdulRahman
AbdulRazaq, governor of Kwara, are appointed deputy vice-chairmen I, II and
III, respectively, while Buni becomes deputy director-general I for the north. Barau Jibrin, deputy senate president, who was deputy
director-general III for the north in the first list, becomes deputy
director-general II for the region. Opeyemi Bamidele, senate leader, and Benjamin Kalu, deputy
speaker of the house of representatives, were appointed deputy
director-generals I and II for the south, respectively. A notable difference in the new list is the appointment of
all 32 APC governors as campaign coordinators for their respective states,
while Sharafadeen Alli, the party’s governorship candidate in Oyo, was
appointed coordinator for the state. For Bauchi, Mohammed Abubakar, the APC governorship
candidate in the state, was appointed campaign coordinator, while Chijioke
Chukwu, the party’s flagbearer in Abia, is coordinator for the state. Unlike the first list, the new one contains 14 advisers,
including Bisi Akande, Segun Osoba, George Akume, secretary to the government
of the federation; Florence Ita-Giwa, former Cross-River south senator;
Ibikunle Amosun, former governor of Ogun; Iyiola Omisore, former APC national
secretary; and Wale Edun, former coordinating minister of the economy, among
others. On August 19, the Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC) officially opened campaigns for the presidential and national assembly
elections. The campaign window runs until January 14, 2027, according
to INEC’s revised timetable. Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar of the African
Democratic Congress (ADC) and Peter Obi, the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC)
flagbearer, are among the major contenders in the 2027 presidential election
alongside Tinubu.
See
the expanded list of the APC campaign council.
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