The Kano State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday unveiled a 155-member Campaign Advisory Council for the 2027 presidential and governorship elections within the state.
The council, which is able to function the apex physique overseeing campaign actions, will probably be chaired by Governor Abba Yusuf.
Its high-profile members embrace former Governors Ibrahim Shekarau and Abdullahi Ganduje, alongside three former army directors from the state: Habibu Shuaibu, Lawan Jafaru-Isa, andYakubu Bako.
The Kano State APC Chairman, Umar Doguwa, famous that the advisory physique additionally options Deputy President of the Senate, Barau Jibrin, Senators Kawu Sumaila and Rufa’i Hanga, in addition to all APC candidates and members of the House of Representatives from Kano State.
The Advisory Council will present strategic oversight for the operational 2027 Campaign Directorate, which will probably be constituted and introduced at a later date.
The announcement comes barely three days after Governor Yusuf and 16 others made the ultimate listing of governorship candidates within the state, which was launched by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday.
Meanwhile, opposition events—together with the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) and the African Democratic Congress (ADC)—have but to announce their campaign councils.
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The NDC is at the moment struggling to deal with the omission of its governorship candidate, Aminu Abdulsalam, from the INEC’s listing.
His exclusion has despatched shockwaves by means of the state’s political enviornment, leaving the NDC scrambling for authorized and administrative treatments to salvage its place within the essential gubernatorial contest.
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