By Our Staff Reporter,  Abuja.

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 ahead of the January 2027 elections.

The party released the full list of council members on Saturday morning. 

According to the statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, former Zamfara State Governor, Senator Abdulaziz Yari, will serve as Director-General of the campaign council. 

Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State was named Secretary. 

APC National Chairman, Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, will serve as Vice Chairman alongside the President and Vice President. 

APC National Secretary, Senator Ajibola Bashiru, and Hadiza Bala-Usman were named Deputy and Assistant Secretaries respectively.

President Tinubu will work with a body of advisers including Chief Bisi Akande, Chief Segun Osoba, Senator Rochas Okorocha, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, and Senator Florence Ita Giwa. 

For zonal coordination, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Speaker Tajudeen Abbas, and Governor Mai Mala Buni were appointed Deputy Director-Generals for the South and North. They will work with Senator Opeyemi Bamidele and Senator Jibrin Barau in the two zones.

Senator Adams Oshiomhole will serve as Deputy DG in charge of Mobilisation, while the President’s Chief of Staff will serve as Deputy DG for Administration.

Other Key Directorates has 

James Abiodun Faleke, who played a key role in the 2023 campaign, returns as Deputy DG for Election Planning, Coordination and Monitoring. He will oversee six zonal directors: 

– South West: Senator Olushola Adeyeye 

– South South: Dr Ngozi Olejeme 

– South East: Senator Uche Ekwunife 

– North West: Muntaqha Rabe 

– North Central: Ahmed Muhammed Ketso 

– North East: Senator Sani Danladi 

Ms Stella Okotete, Engineer Abdullahi Garba Ramat, and Audu Maikori will serve as Secretaries of the Election Planning Directorate.

The Legal Directorate will be led by Muiz Adeyemi Banire with Dr Liman Hassan and Babatunde Ogala as deputies. Other members include Prince Lateef Fagbemi, former Governor Ibrahim Shema, Worgu Boms, and Dr Kingsley Tochukwu Udeh.

The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris Malagi, will coordinate Media and Strategic Communication, working with Dele Alake, Bayo Onanuga, and Lanre Issa-Onilu. 

Tunde Rahman, Sunday Dare, Daniel Bwala, and Felix Morka were named Coordinating Deputy Directors. 

Abdulaziz AbdulAziz, Temitope Ajayi, Arabinrin Aderonke, and Frederick Nwabufor will serve as Coordinating Secretaries. 

Segun Dada returns as Director, New Media, with Solomon Arowolo as Secretary. 

The campaign also named five spokespersons led by Dele Alake. Others are Alwan Hassan, Ayobami Oyalowo, Kemi Asekun-Shittu, and Adamu Fanda.

Tinubu’s Charge

President Tinubu charged all members to work to deliver victory in 2027, urging them to “confidently showcase our record and inspire hope.”

“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… Let us soundly defeat all those forces who plan to take our country backwards,” the President said.

The President also directed directorate leaders to reach out to other party members not formally listed to join the campaign.