The Presidency has said the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council list for the 2027 election will be adjusted where necessary, but ruled out any wholesale review of the list.
Sunday Dare, Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Public Communication, disclosed this on Wednesday during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily.
Dare was responding to reports that the APC had withdrawn the campaign council list following controversy over the inclusion and exclusion of some party leaders and political figures.
He said the list remained valid, explaining 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 room for subcommittees. Those subcommittees have not been formed, and so many other names will come into those subcommittees,” Dare said.
“So that list has not been withdrawn. The APC 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.”
The APC had on Tuesday dismissed reports that it had withdrawn its 2027 presidential campaign council list.
The list, unveiled over the weekend, named President Tinubu as chairman of the council, with Vice-President Kashim Shettima and APC National Chairman Nentawe Yilwatda serving as vice chairmen.
Former Zamfara State Governor and Senator, Abdul’aziz Yari, was appointed Director-General, while Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma was named secretary.
Asked whether the list was therefore open to review, Dare rejected the term “review”, describing the anticipated changes instead as necessary adjustments.
“Not a review, just adjustments where necessary,” he said.
When pressed on whether his refusal to use the word “review” suggested that the list was being reconsidered, the presidential aide maintained that the 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 allow more party members and political stakeholders to participate in the campaign structure.
