President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has constituted the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council ahead of the January 2027 presidential election, with former Zamfara State Governor, Senator Abdulaziz Yari, appointed as Director-General.
Under the structure released on Saturday, President Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima will serve as Chairman and Vice Chairman of the council respectively, while APC National Chairman, Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, will also serve as Vice Chairman. Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State was named Secretary.
APC National Secretary, Senator Ajibola Bashiru, and Hadiza Bala-Usman will serve as Deputy Secretary and Assistant Secretary respectively, while a team of senior party leaders will advise the council.
The body of advisers included 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 appointed Deputy Directors-General for the campaign in the South and North. They will work with Senator Opeyemi Bamidele and Deputy Senate President, Senator Jibrin Barau, in the two zones.
Former Edo State Governor, 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.
According to the statement signed by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy and Coordinating Director for Media and Strategic Communication of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, on August 22, 2026, James Abiodun Faleke, who played a pivotal role in the APC’s 2022/2023 presidential campaign, returns as Deputy Director-General for 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.
The Election Planning Directorate will have Stella Okotete, Engineer Abdullahi Garba Ramat and Audu Maikori as secretaries.
Muiz Adeyemi Banire will head the Legal Directorate as Director, with Dr Liman Hassan and Babatunde Ogala as deputies. Other members 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, alongside Dele Alake, Bayo Onanuga and Lanre Issa-Onilu.
Tunde Rahman, Sunday Dare, Daniel Bwala and Felix Morka will serve as coordinating deputy directors in the media directorate.
Abdulaziz AbdulAziz, Temitope Ajayi, Arabinrin Aderonke and Frederick Nwabufor will serve as coordinating secretaries.
Segun Dada has also returned as Director of New Media, the same position he occupied during the 2022 campaign, while Solomon Arowolo will serve as Secretary, New Media.
The campaign council named five spokespersons, led by Dele Alake. Others are Alwan Hassan, Ayobami Oyalowo, Kemi Asekun-Shittu and Adamu Fanda.
President Tinubu charged members of the council to work tirelessly to secure victory for the APC in the January 2027 elections.
He also urged leaders of the various directorates to reach out to other party members who may not have been formally listed, saying their participation would be crucial to the campaign.
The President said his administration had delivered on its campaign promises and placed Nigeria on a path of economic progress.
“We have delivered on our campaign promises and set our country on a path of economic progress. We are definitely out of the dark tunnel and are now at the cusp of reaping the benefits of a prosperous economy that will benefit all Nigerians,” Tinubu said.
He urged the campaign team to confidently showcase the administration’s achievements and inspire hope among Nigerians.
“As we march into the campaign season, we have many achievements to trumpet let us confidently showcase our record and inspire hope in every corner of our nation. Let us soundly defeat all those forces who plan to take our country backwards,” he added.
