*New roles for Akpabio, Abbas, Wale Edun, Omisore, Ita-Giwa, others
Governors Ademola Adeleke of Osun State and Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State have been included in the expanded presidential campaign council of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2027 general elections.
Also included is Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
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 State and FCT.
Adeleke and Soludo are coordinators for their states.
Minister of Marine and Blue Economy,
Adegboyega Oyetola, is the deputy national coordinator I for stakeholders’ mobilisation in South-West.
The APC had initially released the list on August 22, appointing Abdulaziz Yari, former Governor of Zamfara State, as the Director-General while Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Tajudeen Abbas, Speaker of the House of Representatives and Mai Mala Buni, Governor of Yobe State were named deputy directors-general.
But, in the new list, Akpabio, Abbas and AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, Governor of Kwara State, 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 directors-general I and II for the south, respectively.
All APC governors were appointed campaign coordinators for their respective states, while Sharafadeen Alli, the party’s governorship candidate in Oyo, was appointed coordinator for the South-West 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.
The new list also 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 State; Iyiola Omisore, former APC national secretary; and Wale Edun, former coordinating minister of the economy, among others.
