The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has constituted a separate 168-member campaign council to mobilise support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election and other party candidates ahead of the 2027 general elections.
The development comes amid an ongoing disagreement within the party over the composition and leadership of an earlier presidential campaign council inaugurated by Governor Ademola Adeleke, who appointed himself as its coordinator.
In the newly constituted council, Bola Oyebamiji, the APC governorship candidate for the August 15 Osun governorship election, has been appointed Director-General, while the state party chairman, Tajudeen Lawal, will serve as Deputy Director-General.
The party announced the appointments in a statement signed by Lawal on Monday, explaining that the new structure was established to strengthen its mobilisation efforts and improve the chances of its candidates in the forthcoming elections.
According to the APC, the council comprises carefully selected party leaders and members who will coordinate grassroots mobilisation and secure votes for Tinubu, as well as the party’s National and State Assembly candidates.
The statement recalled that Tinubu inaugurated the national APC Presidential Campaign Council on October 14, 2026, in Abuja, while Adeleke subsequently inaugurated the Osun State chapter on October 22.
However, the party said it considered it necessary to establish another campaign structure to reinforce the existing arrangement and ensure effective mobilisation across the state.
“Following the inauguration of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) by the National Leader of our party and its presidential candidate, His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, on October 14, 2026, in Abuja, and the subsequent inauguration of the Osun State PCC by the Executive Governor of Osun State, His Excellency, Governor Ademola Nurudeen Jackson Adeleke, on October 22, 2026, we consider it extremely important to therefore bolster the efforts of the PCC to deliver massive votes for the re-election of our President,” the statement read.
The party further explained that the newly assembled team was expected to secure victory for Tinubu and all APC candidates contesting legislative positions in the state.
“We have therefore carefully selected All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders and members in Osun State to actualise our collective desire of ensuring all-round victory for the President as well as our National and State Assembly candidates,” it added.
Oyebamiji’s running mate in the August 15 governorship election, Benjamin Adereti, and Kehinde Olamolu were appointed Assistant Directors-General I and II, respectively.
The council also features the APC’s three senatorial candidates and nine House of Representatives candidates in Osun State.
Other prominent members include former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Foluke Etteh; former deputy governors Adeleke Adewoyin, Iyiola Omisore, Titi Laoye-Ponnle and Adegboyega Alabi; retired General Alani Akinrinade; Nigeria’s Ambassador to South Africa, Femi Fani-Kayode; and the party’s state spokesperson, Kola Olabisi.
The establishment of the separate campaign council follows growing disagreements over the earlier presidential campaign structure inaugurated by Adeleke on October 22, during which the governor was named coordinator of Tinubu’s re-election campaign in Osun.
The inauguration attracted several prominent APC figures, including the party’s National Secretary, Ajibola Basiru; former Osun governor, Bisi Akande; and former deputy governors Iyiola Omisore and Titi Laoye-Ponnle.
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