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The Obi-Kwankwaso Movement has unveiled a 59-member Presidential Campaign Council with a nationwide structure covering the six geopolitical zones, the Federal Capital Territory and all 36 states ahead of the 2027 general elections.
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John Ughulu, the movement’s Director-General and founder, has been named Director-General of the campaign, placing him at the centre of the coordination of the movement’s mobilisation and campaign activities across the country.
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The council includes officials responsible for grassroots mobilisation, women affairs, contact and engagement, strategy and planning, security and intelligence, legal affairs, information technology, administration and other specialised areas.
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The movement said the council’s immediate task was to take the message and aspirations of the Peter Obi-Rabiu Kwankwaso ticket to Nigerians at the state, local government, ward and community levels as preparations intensify for the 2027 presidential election.
September 18, (THEWILL) – The Obi-Kwankwaso Movement has unveiled a 59-member Presidential Campaign Council to coordinate its nationwide mobilisation for the 2027 general elections, with its Director-General, John Ughulu, taking charge as Director-General of the campaign.
The structure, announced in a statement issued on Thursday by the movement’s National Secretary, Saadatu Sani, comprises zonal and state coordinators as well as directors overseeing critical areas of the campaign.
The development represents a major organisational step by the movement as it prepares to mobilise support for the joint presidential ticket of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate, Peter Obi, and his running mate, Rabiu Kwankwaso.
The campaign structure covers the six geopolitical zones, the Federal Capital Territory and the 36 states, with officials assigned to coordinate mobilisation and engagement across the country.
Ughulu, who is the movement’s Director-General and founder, will head the campaign council as Director-General, while Sani remains National Secretary and part of the campaign leadership.
The six zonal coordinators are 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. Ibrahim Jabir was appointed FCT Coordinator.
The movement also appointed coordinators for the 36 states, including Maiyaki Samson for Kogi; Tokji Mandim for Plateau; Yusuf Abdullahi for Nasarawa; Aliyu Tershaku for Benue; Awal Goma for Niger; and Kazeem Olawuyi for Kwara.
The North-West structure has coordinators for Kaduna, Sokoto, Kano, Zamfara, Jigawa, Kebbi and Katsina, while Adamawa, Gombe, Taraba, Bauchi, Yobe and Borno are covered under the North-East structure.
In the South-West, coordinators have been appointed for Osun, Oyo, Ekiti, Ogun, Lagos and Ondo.
The South-South structure covers Cross River, Akwa Ibom, Edo, Delta, Bayelsa and Rivers, while Imo, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Abia have coordinators in the South-East.
Specialised Campaign Departments
The movement also constituted directorates to handle specific aspects of the campaign.
Among those appointed are Rev. Mike Agbon, Director, Inter-Ethnic Group in Northern Nigeria; Sabo Gashua, Director, Grassroots Mobilisation; Glory Adayi, Director, Women Affairs; Kabir Yahaya, Director, Contact and Engagement; Abdumumini Tijjani, Director, Mobilisation; Yusuf Mani, Director, Special Duties; and Peace Daful, Director, Procurement.
Others are Prof. Charles Nwekeaku, Director, South Eastern Town Hall; Sunmisola Adebayo, Director, Information Technology; Kingdom Okere, Director of Legal Affairs; Abiodun Dabiri, Director, Strategy and Planning; Richard Enemona, CSP (Rtd.), Director, Security and Intelligence; and Aisha Abdulrahaman, Director of Administration.
The arrangement gives the movement a chain of command stretching from its national leadership through the geopolitical zones and states to local governments, wards and communities.
Sani, in her message congratulating the appointees, described their selection as a responsibility requiring sacrifice, leadership and service.
“Your selection is not merely an appointment; it is a call to duty, sacrifice, leadership and service to Nigeria,” she said.
She charged members of the council to take the vision and aspirations of Obi and Kwankwaso directly to Nigerians across the country.
“You have been entrusted with the task of taking the vision, message and aspirations of our principals directly to the Nigerian people from the cities to the grassroots, from the states to the local governments, and from the wards to every community across the federation,” she said.
According to her, the movement was not built around individuals seeking personal recognition but around what it described as a broader national vision.
“The OK Movement is not built around individuals seeking personal recognition. It is a movement driven by a larger national vision: to mobilise Nigerians around the possibility of a better, more prosperous, united and functional Nigeria,” she said.
Sani urged the council members to approach their assignments with discipline, loyalty, humility and courage, stressing that effective coordination would be critical to the campaign.
“The road ahead will require hard work. It will require strategic thinking, grassroots mobilisation, effective communication and, above all, the ability to work together as one formidable political family,” she said.
She said the immediate responsibility of the council was to ensure that the message of the movement’s principals reached Nigerians across the country.
“Our responsibility is to ensure that the message of our principals reaches every Nigerian and that the voice of the people is heard across the length and breadth of our nation,” Sani added.
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The unveiling of the campaign council comes after the movement reaffirmed last month that it would retain its independent structure rather than merge with another political organisation ahead of the 2027 elections.
The group also backed Ughulu as its founder and Director-General, maintaining its organisational identity while supporting the Obi-Kwankwaso political project.
The decision came amid broader efforts by political actors and opposition groups to build structures and alliances ahead of the 2027 presidential election.
The OK Movement has positioned itself as a nationwide mobilisation platform for the Obi-Kwankwaso ticket, with the new council expected to coordinate its activities across the states, local governments and wards.
The formation of the campaign council also comes days after the movement condemned the reported disruption of Obi’s convoy during his visit to Benue State.
The movement called for an impartial investigation into the incident, saying its security personnel deliberately exercised restraint to prevent the situation from escalating into violence.
Sani, in her message to the newly appointed members, said the movement’s task was clear.
“Your appointment is an honour, but more importantly, it is a responsibility. The journey has begun. The assignment is clear. The mission is Nigeria.”
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