Uzodimma heads APC’s 276-member campaign team for Osun election

The All Progressives Congress has unveiled a 276-member National Campaign Council to coordinate its campaign for the Osun State governorship election slated for August 15, 2026.

A statement issued on Sunday by the party’s National Secretary, Senator Surajudeen Ajibola Basiru, and published on the APC’s X handle, named the Governor of Imo State and Chairman of the Progressive Governors’ Forum, Senator Hope Uzodimma, as chairman of the council.

The party also appointed Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State, Senate President Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio and Speaker of the House of Representatives Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas as co-chairmen.

Senior Special Assistant to the President on Political and Other Matters, Hon. Ibrahim Kabir Masari, will serve as deputy chairman, while Deputy Senate President Senator Barau I. Jibrin has been named secretary of the council.

According to the statement, the campaign council draws its membership from across the party’s leadership structure, including governors, members of the National Working Committee, ministers, principal officers of the National Assembly, federal and state lawmakers, as well as other prominent stakeholders.

The statement said, “The Council comprises eminent party leaders, governors, members of the National Working Committee, principal officers of the National Assembly, ministers, federal and state legislators, and other key stakeholders drawn from across the country to drive the party’s campaign towards victory.”

To strengthen its election preparations, the APC also established a number of specialised subcommittees that will oversee critical aspects of the campaign.

These committees will handle election planning and management, finance and resource mobilisation, grassroots mobilisation, logistics, campaign coordination, monitoring and compliance, protocol, media and publicity, security, youth mobilisation, mobilisation of persons with disabilities, women’s mobilisation and secretariat duties.

The party further announced that the National Campaign Council and the various subcommittees will be formally inaugurated on Tuesday as campaigning gathers momentum ahead of the Osun governorship election.