Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has been named among members of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council ahead of the 2027 general election.
Soludo is listed alongside the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike; Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke; Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori; former Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola; and Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo, in the revised campaign council list.
According to the list made available to journalists on Tuesday, President Bola Tinubu will head the council, with Vice-President Kashim Shettima and APC National Chairman, Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, serving as vice-chairmen.
The Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas, and Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq are also named as vice-chairmen.
Senator Abdulaziz Yari will serve as Director-General of the council, while Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni, Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele, Deputy Senate President Barau Jibrin and Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu are among the deputy directors-general. Senator Adams Oshiomhole has been named Deputy Director-General for Mobilisation.
Other appointments include Femi Gbajabiamila as head of administration, Ibrahim Kabir Masari for logistics and operations, former Speaker Aminu Masari for parliamentary mobilisation, and Minister of Works David Umahi for infrastructure mobilisation and sensitisation.
James Faleke will oversee election planning, coordination and monitoring, while Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma will serve as secretary of the council. Senator Ajibola Basiru and Hadiza Bala Usman have been named deputy secretary and assistant secretary, respectively.
The revised list also names coordinators and co-coordinators for the six geopolitical zones. For the South-East, Enugu State Governor Peter Mbah and Tjeoma Arodiogbu have been named coordinator and co-coordinator, respectively. Governor Bassey Otu and Victor Giadom will coordinate the South-South, while Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Prince Oladiran Iyantan will oversee the South-West. In the North-Central, Muazu Bawa Rijau and Niger State Governor Umar Bago have been listed. Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani and Garba Datti Muhammad will coordinate the North-West, while former Borno State Governor Ali Modu Sheriff and Idris Suhaibu will oversee the North-East.
At the state level, Soludo is listed as campaign coordinator for Anambra, alongside other political figures assigned to their respective states.
Other prominent figures named as state coordinators include Adamawa State Governor Ahmadu Fintiri, Akwa Ibom State Governor Umo Eno, Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum, Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma, Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun, Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke, and Nyesom Wike for Rivers State and the Federal Capital Territory. Zamfara State Governor Dauda Lawal is also listed.
The council further includes former governors, party leaders and other prominent figures as advisers. They include former APC national chairmen Adebisi Akande and Abdullahi Adamu, former Ogun State Governor Ibikunle Amosun, former Osun State Governor Iyiola Omisore, Senator Ibrahim Dankwambo, Senator George Akume, former Ogun State Governor Segun Osoba, and Wale Edun. Obafemi George has been named adviser on media.
The appointments are part of the APC’s preparations for the 2027 presidential election campaign.
