President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima will serve as chairman and vice chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council for the 2027 general elections.
The composition of the campaign council was announced on Saturday, with former Zamfara State Governor, Senator Abdulaziz Yari, appointed as Director-General and Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, as Secretary.
APC National Chairman, Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, will serve as another vice chairman, while APC National Secretary, Senator Ajibola Bashiru, and Hadiza Bala-Usman will serve as Deputy Secretary and Assistant Secretary, respectively.
The council will also have an advisory body comprising former APC National Chairman, Chief Bisi Akande; former Ogun State Governor, 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 appointed Deputy Directors-General for the southern and northern zones of the campaign.
They will work with Senator Opeyemi Bamidele and Deputy Senate President Jibril Barau in the two zones.
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 key role in the APC’s 2022/2023 presidential campaign, has been reappointed as Deputy Director-General in charge of election planning, coordination and monitoring.
Faleke will work with zonal 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.
Stella Okotete, Engineer Abdullahi Garba Ramat and Audu Maikori will serve as secretaries of the Election Planning Directorate.
In the legal directorate, Muiz Adeyemi Banire has been appointed Director, with Dr Liman Hassan and Babatunde Ogala as deputies. Other members of the directorate include Prince Lateef Fagbemi, former Katsina State Governor Ibrahim Shema, Worgu Boms and Dr Kingsley Tochukwu Udeh.
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris Malagi, will serve as Coordinating Director for Media and Strategic Communication.
He will work alongside Dele Alake, Bayo Onanuga and Lanre Issa-Onilu, while Tunde Rahman, Sunday Dare, Daniel Bwala and Felix Morka will serve as Coordinating Deputy Directors.
Abdulaziz AbdulAziz, Temitope Ajayi, Arabinrin Aderonke and Frederick Nwabufor have been appointed Coordinating Secretaries of the Media Directorate.
Segun Dada will serve 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, led by Dele Alake. The others are Alwan Hassan, Ayobami Oyalowo, Kemi Asekun-Shittu and Adamu Fanda.
President Tinubu charged members of the council to work diligently 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 formally listed in the council, urging them to contribute to the campaign effort.
Tinubu said the APC administration had delivered on its campaign promises and placed the country on a path of economic progress.
“We have delivered on our campaign promises and set our country on a path of economic progress,” the President said.
He added that the government was now positioned to reap the benefits of a prosperous economy, urging campaign council members to highlight the administration’s achievements and inspire hope among Nigerians.
“Let us soundly defeat all those forces who plan to take our country backwards,” Tinubu said.
The statement was signed by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, on August 22, 2026.
