Nigeria: Wike, Adeleke, Soludo Named Coordinators As APC Revises Campaign Council List for 2027 Election

What the report says

Premium Times, distributed by AllAfrica, reports that the All Progressives Congress has revised its presidential campaign council for Nigeria’s 2027 general election and added several high-profile coordinators. Among the notable names are Nyesom Wike, the Federal Capital Territory minister; Ademola Adeleke, governor of Osun State; and Chukwuma Soludo, governor of Anambra State. The report says the three are from different parties, which makes their inclusion unusual in a party campaign structure.

According to the article, Wike will coordinate APC campaign efforts in Rivers State and the Federal Capital Territory, Soludo will handle Anambra State, and Adeleke will oversee Osun State. The revised council also gives state campaign roles to all 32 APC governors and appoints coordinators in states where the party does not control the governorship. The expanded list includes national and regional party figures in senior council roles, along with advisers from across the APC’s network.

The report says President Bola Tinubu is expected to inaugurate the council at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Wednesday. It also notes that the party had released an earlier campaign list in August, prompting questions that were later addressed by the Presidency, which said the structure was still being completed. The revised council is intended to manage mobilisation, stakeholder outreach and other campaign activity ahead of the 2027 vote.