Nigerian President, Bola Tinubu has arrived at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja, for the inauguration of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) ahead of the 2027 general elections.
The President arrived at the venue at 2:45 p.m. local time on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, accompanied by the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima and his wife, Nana Shettima.
President Tinubu was received by the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio; Deputy Senate President, Senator Barau Jibrin; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas; Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Kalu; and Chairman of the Progressives Governors Forum and Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, among other senior government and party officials.
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Also present at the ceremony were Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo; Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke; and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, alongside other prominent political figures drawn from different political parties in what has been described as a rainbow coalition supporting President Tinubu’s re-election bid.
Also represented at the inauguration were members of other political parties, including the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and the Accord Party, among others, reflecting the rainbow political coalition supporting President Tinubu’s re-election bid ahead of the 2027 general election.
The inauguration brings together political leaders, serving governors, former public office holders and party stakeholders to coordinate the ruling party’s nationwide campaign ahead of the 2027 presidential election.
Background
President Tinubu will serve as Chairman of the Presidential Campaign Council, with Vice President Kashim Shettima and APC National Chairman, Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, as First and Second Vice Chairmen, respectively.
Former Zamfara State Governor, Senator Abdulaziz Yari, is the Director-General of the Council, while Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, serves as Secretary.
The expanded Council also accommodates prominent figures from opposition political parties, including FCT Minister Nyesom Wike of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Governor Chukwuma Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and Governor Ademola Adeleke of the Accord Party.
The Council is expected to oversee campaign coordination, political mobilisation, strategic communication and nationwide engagements aimed at presenting the administration’s achievements and policy priorities to the electorate.
Meanwhile, the APC has scheduled the formal flag-off of President Tinubu’s re-election campaign for Saturday, October 24, 2026, in Kaduna State, with subsequent campaign activities planned for Port Harcourt in Rivers State and Maiduguri in Borno State.
The Director-General of the Campaign Council, Senator Abdulaziz Yari, had earlier disclosed after meeting with President Tinubu at the State House, that the President had approved the proposed campaign timetable and planned visits across the country.
