The Obi-Kwankwaso Movement has unveiled a 59-member Presidential Campaign Council ahead of the 2027 general elections, with representatives across Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones and the Federal Capital Territory.
The council comprises zonal and state coordinators as well as directors overseeing mobilisation, women’s affairs, strategy, security, legal affairs, information technology and other key areas.
The movement’s Director-General, John Ughulu, was named Director-General of the campaign council, while National Secretary Saadatu Sani will serve as its secretary.
The structure includes coordinators for all 36 states and the FCT, alongside representatives from the six geopolitical zones.
The council is being established to mobilise support for the joint presidential ticket of Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso, who are being presented by the Nigeria Democratic Congress ahead of the 2027 election.
Six geopolitical zones represented
The zonal coordinators include Suleiman Abubakar for North-Central, Hashimu Dungurawa for North-West, Amadu Gwambe for North-East, Dr Adebayo Adefolaseye for South-West, Christopher Ighodaro for South-South and El-Shaddai Ikeh for South-East.
State coordinators were also appointed for each of the 36 states and the FCT.
Directors assigned key responsibilities
Other appointments include Rev Mike Agbon, Director of Inter-Ethnic Group in Northern Nigeria; Sabo Gashua, Grassroots Mobilisation; Glory Adayi, Women Affairs; Kabir Yahaya, Contact and Engagement; Abdumumini Tijjani, Mobilisation; and Yusuf Mani, Special Duties.
Peace Daful was named Director of Procurement, Prof Charles Nwekeaku Director of South Eastern Town Hall, and Sunmisola Adebayo Director of Information Technology.
Others are Kingdom Okere, Legal Affairs; Abiodun Dabiri, Strategy and Planning; Richard Enemona, CSP (retd.), Security and Intelligence; and Aisha Abdulrahaman, Administration.
Sani: Appointment is a call to duty
Congratulating the newly appointed members, Sani described their selection as a responsibility to take the movement’s message from the national level to communities across the country.
She said, “Your selection is not merely an appointment; it is a call to duty, sacrifice, leadership and service to Nigeria.”
Sani added that the members were expected to take the vision and aspirations of Obi and Kwankwaso to Nigerians “from the cities to the grassroots, from the states to the local governments, and from the wards to every community across the federation.”
She also said the movement was not built around individuals seeking personal recognition, but around what it described as a broader national vision of a “better, more prosperous, united and functional Nigeria.”
The unveiling comes about a month after the movement reaffirmed that it would retain its independent structure rather than merge with another political organisation ahead of the 2027 election.
The development also follows the movement’s condemnation of the reported disruption of Obi’s convoy during his visit to Benue State. The group called for an impartial investigation and said its security personnel exercised restraint to prevent the incident from escalating into violence.
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