By Princely Onyenwe | News Desk
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has unveiled its expanded Presidential Campaign Council for the 2027 general elections, handing prominent responsibilities to several political heavyweights, including Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma, former Imo Governor Rochas Okorocha and former Senator Uche Ekwunife.
The campaign structure, released by the Presidency on Saturday, comprises 223 core members and establishes a broad network of directorates covering election planning, mobilisation, finance, media and strategic communication, security, youth and women mobilisation, parliamentary affairs, grassroots engagement, stakeholders’ relations and other areas.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will serve as Chairman of the council, while Vice President Kashim Shettima and APC National Chairman, Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, will serve as Vice Chairmen I and II respectively.
Former Zamfara State Governor and serving Senator, Abdulaziz Yari, has been appointed Director-General of the campaign council, placing him at the centre of the APC’s operational drive for President Tinubu’s re-election bid.
Uzodimma, who has emerged as one of the APC’s prominent figures in the South-East, will serve as Secretary of the campaign council. Senator Ajibola Basiru and Hadiza Bala-Usman were named Deputy Secretary and Assistant Secretary respectively.
The appointment gives the Imo governor a strategically positioned role in the national campaign structure, coming as the ruling party begins preparations for the 2027 presidential contest.
Former Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha was named among the advisers to the campaign council chairman. He also appears in the contact mobilisation structure, underscoring the role assigned to the former governor in the APC’s wider engagement strategy.
For the South-East, former Senator Uche Ekwunife was appointed Zonal Director of Election Planning, Coordination and Mobilisation. Her assignment places her within one of the directorates responsible for coordinating the party’s electoral planning and mobilisation efforts in the region.
The South-East Zonal Campaign Coordinator is former Enugu State Governor, Ndubuisi Mbah, while Senator Osita Izunaso is listed as Zonal Coordinator for Support Group Coordination in the South-East. The structure also names Senator Anyim Pius Anyim as Zonal Coordinator for Stakeholders’ Mobilisation in the region.
Other senior appointments include Senate President Godswill Akpabio as Deputy Director-General, South I; Senator Opeyemi Bamidele as Deputy Director-General, South II; Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni as Deputy Director-General, North I; Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas as Deputy Director-General, North II; and Senator Barau Jibrin as Deputy Director-General, North III.
Senator Adams Oshiomhole was assigned Deputy Director-General for Mobilisation, while President Tinubu’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, will serve as Deputy Director-General for Administration. James Abiodun Faleke will oversee election planning, coordination and monitoring, while Minister of Works David Umahi will handle infrastructure, mobilisation and sensitisation as a Deputy Director-General.
The campaign council also gives considerable attention to media and digital communication. Information and National Orientation Minister Mohammed Idris, Dele Alake, Bayo Onanuga and Lanre Isa-Onilu are listed among the coordinating directors for media and strategic communication, while Segun Dada will serve as Director of New Media.
Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun was appointed Director of Fundraising, while Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori will serve as Director of Finance/Treasurer. Other directorates will oversee youth and women mobilisation, security and intelligence, health, education, agriculture, manufacturing and MSMEs, creative industries, sports, diaspora engagement, faith-based mobilisation and labour relations.
The APC has further provided for campaign structures at state, local government, ward and polling-unit levels, effectively extending the presidential campaign machinery from the national leadership down to grassroots operations.
The constitution of the council marks a major organisational step by the ruling party ahead of the 2027 presidential election, with the appointments bringing together serving and former governors, lawmakers, ministers, technocrats, party leaders and other stakeholders for Tinubu’s re-election campaign.
The development also places Uzodinma and other South-East political figures in strategic positions within the APC’s national electoral machinery as the party prepares to intensify its mobilisation across the country.
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