Zulum Inaugurates Borno APC 2027 Campaign Council, Charge Members to Take Personal Responsibilities

By Fatima Haruna 9News Nigeria Maiduguri

Governor Babagana Umara Zulum on Sunday inaugurated the Borno State All Progressives Congress Campaign Council for the 2027 general elections.

The inauguration was held at the Multipurpose Hall, Government House, Maiduguri.

Zulum, who is Chairman of the 300-member Council, charged members to take personal responsibility for the campaign.

“Every member of this Campaign Council must take personal responsibility.””Go to your local government area.Go to your ward.Go to your polling unit. Meet the people, listen to them and work with the party structures on the ground,” Zulum said.

He warned members against relying on previous electoral victories, saying the party must earn renewed confidence through service, persuasion and effective organization.

He directed members to embark on door-to-door, house-to-house and corner-to-corner campaigns, with special focus on women and youths.He also called for reconciliation of aggrieved members and urged leaders to close ranks.

Zulum stressed the need for Borno to deliver increased votes for the APC, noting that the state is the home state of Vice-President Kashim Shettima.

He expressed confidence that Engineer Mustapha Gubio would succeed him and continue his administration’s work, and urged voters to support APC candidates from the presidency to the state assembly level.

He cited President Bola Tinubu’s projects in the state to be highlighted during the campaign, including the Federal College of Education, Gwoza, the Federal University of Agriculture and Entrepreneurship, Bama, and the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Azare.

The Council is chaired by Governor Zulum, with Deputy Governor Umar Usman Kadafur as Vice-Chairman One, State APC Chairman Bello Ayuba as Secretary, and former Governor Senator Maina Maaji Lawan as Chairman of the Advisory Campaign Council.

Earlier, Ayuba said members were selected based on experience, political capacity and commitment to the party.

Senator Lawan said members’ performance would be assessed by how many votes they mobilise from their own polling units, and that post-election recognition would be tied to measurable contributions.

The APC Deputy National Chairman North, Bukar Dalori, said the APC cannot afford to lose Borno.

In his vote of thanks, Deputy Governor Kadafur assured that the campaign would be issue-based and would mobilise every unit, ward and local government to victory.

Also present were Speaker of the Borno State House of Assembly, Abdulkarim Lawan, Senator Mohammed Tahir Monguno, Muktar Aliyu Betara, and other party leaders.

According to appointment letters signed by Bello Ayuba, the official flag-off of the campaign will hold on Monday, 9 November 2026, at 11:00am at the El-Kanemi Warriors Stadium, Maiduguri.

The Borno inauguration follows the national inauguration on 14 October 2026 in Abuja, where President Tinubu inaugurated the Presidential Campaign Council.

Tinubu chairs the national council, with Vice-President Shettima and APC National Chairman, Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, as vice-chairmen, and Senator Abdulaziz Yari as Director-General.