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

What the report says

Premium Times, as republished by AllAfrica, reports that Nigeria’s All Progressives Congress has revised its presidential campaign council for the 2027 general election and added several high-profile politicians to the structure. Among those named as coordinators are Nyesom Wike, the Federal Capital Territory minister, Ademola Adeleke, the governor of Osun State, and Chukwuma Soludo, the governor of Anambra State. The report notes that the appointments are notable because the three figures are associated with different parties.

According to the article, Wike will coordinate APC campaigning in Rivers State and the Federal Capital Territory, Soludo will oversee Anambra State, and Adeleke will handle Osun State. The expanded list also places President Bola Tinubu as chairman of the campaign council, with Vice-President Kashim Shettima as vice-chairman, and names party and government officials in other leadership roles across the North and South.

The APC also appointed all 32 of its governors as state campaign coordinators, while naming coordinators in states where it does not control the governorship. The article says the council includes advisers such as former governors and senior party figures, and that the revised arrangement follows controversy over an earlier list released in August.

The council is intended to organise mobilisation, stakeholder outreach and other campaign work ahead of the 2027 election. The report says Tinubu is expected to inaugurate the council in Abuja on Wednesday.