The All Progressives Congress on Wednesday night unveiled a new presidential campaign council list, pitching the national chairman Abdullahi Adamu above Bola Tinubu this time.
The party had previously released a 422-man list which Adamu faulted on the grounds that Tinubu sidelined the party’s National Working Committee in making the list. The party denied any such thing.
The changes in the new list sees Adamu rise to number two on the campaign list right below President Muhammadu Buhari who retains his position as the chairman of the council.
The campaign list released by the national secretary of the party, Senator Iyiola Omisore, saw Tinubu drop to deputy chairman II position.
In the same adjusted list, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; former secretary to the government of the federation, Babachir Lawal; former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara; director-general of the Voice of Nigeria, Osita Okechukwu; former minister of communications, Adebayo Shittu, were conspicuously missing again.
There were also new additions like Juju maestro, Sir Shina Peters in creative arts; Tinubu’s running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima; Mahmood Ahmed and Imman Ibrahim were drafted into fund raising directorate while a war veteran, Major General Cecil Esekhaigbe (retd.) completed the seven-man intelligence and security directorate.
There were newly created directorates such as finance planning, grassroots engagement and orientation, special duties, campaign planning, agro commodities and civil societies included in the list while the creative arts department was expanded from 20 actors to accommodate 11 additional celebrities.
