The All Progressives Congress, APC, has added FCT Minister Nyesom Wike, Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke and Anambra State Governor Chukwuma Soludo to its updated Presidential Campaign Council ahead of the 2027 general elections.
The Chairman of the expanded council will be President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and also includes Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, former Ogun State Governor Ibikunle Amosun, Aviation Minister Festus Keyamo and former Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode.
Adeleke will oversee the campaign in Osun State while Wike has been assigned to coordinate Tinubu’s re-election campaign in Rivers State and the FCT.
In a statement, APC National Secretary, Senator Ajibola Basiru, confirmed that the campaign council would be inaugurated on the 14th of October, 2026, Wednesday at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Oborevwori was named Director of Finance, while Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun and Zacch Adedeji, chairman of the Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS), will coordinate fundraising for the campaign.
Other notable names on the revised list are Hadiza Bala Usman, Presidential Adviser on Policy and Coordination, and former House of Representatives member Patrick Obahiagbon.
The council also features former APC National Legal Advisers Dr Muiz Banire and Babatunde Ogala, former Osun APC governorship candidate Bola Oyebamiji, Chief Ayiri Emami, Victor Giadom, Magnus Abe, and former Ogun State Governor Gbenga Daniel.