APC drafts PDP, Accord, APGA into Tinubu’s campaign council

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ABUJA — To ensure a smooth sail for President Bola Tinubu in the January 16, 2027 presidential poll, the Presidency and ruling All Progressive Congress, APC, have included leading opposition figures and governors in Tinubu’s re-election council, in spite of strong push-backs from sections of the party.

In its expanded Presidential Campaign Council, PCC, that will be inaugurated today in Abuja, the APC

included Minister of Federal Capital Territory, FCT; Nyesom Wike of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP; Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke of Accord; and his counterpart in Anambra State, Chukwuma Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA.

Wike was appointed coordinator of the party’s campaign in Rivers and the FCT, Soludo coordinator for Anambra, while Adeleke was named coordinator for Osun.