2027: Tinubu Campaign Council List to Be Adjusted, Not Withdrawn — Presidency

The Presidency has said the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council list for the 2027 election may be adjusted where necessary, but has denied reports that the list was withdrawn or subjected to a wholesale review.

 

Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Public Communication, Sunday Dare, made this known on Wednesday during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily.

 

Dare was responding to reports that the APC had withdrawn the list following controversy over the inclusion and exclusion of some party leaders and other political figures.

 

He said the list remained valid, noting that the party had yet to constitute all the subcommittees that would form part of the campaign structure.

 

“As it is with every other list, there’s a room for subcommittees. Those subcommittees have not been formed, and so many other names will come into that subcommittee,” Dare said.

 

He added that the list had not been withdrawn, stressing that adjustments were expected as the campaign structure took shape.

 

“So that list has not been withdrawn. The APC has issued a statement to that effect yesterday, that list stands. But of course, there will be adjustments. The list is not cast in stone, just like every other list,” he said.

 

The APC had on Tuesday rejected reports that its 2027 presidential campaign council list had been withdrawn.

 

The list, announced over the weekend, named President Tinubu as chairman of the council, with Vice-President Kashim Shettima and APC National Chairman Nentawe Yilwatda as vice chairmen.

 

Former Zamfara State Governor and Senator, Abdul’aziz Yari, was named Director-General, while Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, was designated secretary.

 

Asked whether the list was open to review, Dare avoided the term “review”, describing the expected changes as adjustments.

 

“Not a review, just adjustments where necessary,” he said.

 

When asked whether this meant the list was being reconsidered, the presidential aide maintained that the expected changes would not amount to a comprehensive overhaul.

 

“Review is wholesale, this is not wholesale,” Dare said.

 

He explained that the creation of additional subcommittees would provide room for more party members and political stakeholders to participate in the campaign structure.