The Obi-Kwankwaso (OK) Movement has constituted a 59-member Presidential Campaign Council to mobilise support for the 2027 presidential bid of Peter Obi and his running mate, Rabiu Kwankwaso.
The council, in a statement by its National Secretary, Saadatu Sani, has John Ughulu as the director-general. Sani is listed among the campaign leadership.
The new structure is expected to operate independently of the campaign council to be constituted by the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), the political platform on which Obi and Kwankwaso are contesting the poll.
The NDC is yet to constitute and formally unveil its 2027 Presidential Campaign Council. The party had indicated that consultations are ongoing and that the structure would be announced after necessary approvals.
The NDC council, when constituted, is expected to function as the official campaign structure of the party, while the OK Movement council will operate as a separate support structure for the Obi-Kwankwaso ticket.
The OK Movement council comprises zonal and state coordinators across the six geopolitical zones and the Federal Capital Territory(FCT). The directors will oversee grassroots mobilisation, women affairs, contact and engagement, information technology, legal affairs, strategy and planning, security, administration and other departments.
The movement said the appointments represented ‘a call to duty, sacrifice, leadership and service to Nigeria.’
It charged members to take the vision and message of its principals to Nigerians in the cities, states, local government areas, wards and communities across the country.
OK Movement said it was driven by a national vision to mobilise Nigerians around the possibility of a better, more prosperous, united and functional Nigeria.
It urged members of the council to work with discipline, loyalty, humility and courage, stressing that the assignment would require strategic thinking, grassroots mobilisation, effective communication and unity.
The OK Movement’s council includes representatives from states such as Lagos, Kano, Rivers, Enugu, Kaduna, Oyo, Anambra, Borno, Edo, Plateau and the Federal Capital Territory.
Among those appointed to head various directorates are Rev. Mike Agbon, director of Inter-Ethnic Group in the North; Sabo Gashua, director of Grassroots Mobilisation; Glory Adayi, director of Women Affairs; Kabir Yahaya, director of Contact and Engagement; as well as Abdumumini Tijjani, director of Mobilisation.
Others are Abiodun Dabiri, director of Strategy and Planning; Richard Enemona, director of Security and Intelligence; Kingdom Okere, director of Legal Affairs; and Aisha Abdulrahaman, director of Administration.
Also listed are Balaraba Abdullahi, National Women Mobilisation director (Jigawa); Charles Nwekeaku, director of the Southeastern Town Hall Association; and Sunmisola Adebayo, director of Information Technology.
The other members of the OK Movement Presidential Campaign Council include Suleiman Abubakar, Northcentral coordinator; Hashimu Dungurawa, Northwest coordinator; Amadu Gwambe, Northeast coordinator; Adebayo Adefolaseye, Southwest coordinator; Christopher Ighodaro, Southsouth coordinator; and El-shaddai Ikeh, Southeast coordinator.
State coordinators are Maiyaki Samson (Kogi), Tokji J. Mandim (Plateau), Yusuf Abdullahi (Nasarawa), Aliyu Tershaku (Benue), Awal Goma (Niger), Ibrahim Jabir (FCT), Kazeem Olawuyi (Kwara), Ibrahim Kaya (Kaduna), Muhammed Tukur (Sokoto), Rabiu Na Begu (Kano), Hon. Usman Sani (Zamfara), Sabiu Hassan (Jigawa), Armayau Shehu (Kebbi), and Yusif Sule (Katsina).
Others are Abubakar Bala (Adamawa), Ismail Mairungu (Gombe), Hajiya Salaha Abubakar (Taraba), Ahmed Aminu (Bauchi), Ibrahim Garba Muhammad (Yobe), Comr. Aliyu AK Balarabe (Borno), Otunba Segun Odekunle (Osun), Bababowale Olagbenro (Oyo), Animasaun Diamond (Ekiti), Shakirat Arowolo (Ogun), Ibironke Ogboro (Lagos), Ibrahim Shuibu (Ondo), Egwu Arong (Cross River), Elijah Noah (Akwa Ibom), Eromosele Jatto (Edo), Favour Emerure (Delta), Furoebi Akene (Bayelsa), Dr. Princess Jane Petters (Rivers), Nwanebu Christian Onyinyechi (Imo), Chukwudi Onyejekwe (Anambra), Roland Edeh (Ebonyi), Victor Onyia (Enugu) and Prof. Zulu Ofoelue (Abia).
The movement said its responsibility is to ensure that the message of its principals reaches Nigerians across the country and that the voice of the people is heard.