2027: Sanwo-Olu, Fashola, Ambode Join Lagos APC Campaign Council

2027: Sanwo-Olu, Fashola, Ambode Join Lagos APC Campaign Council

The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has unveiled its 2027 campaign council, bringing together Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, former governors Babatunde Fashola and Akinwunmi Ambode, and other prominent party figures ahead of the 2027 general elections.

The campaign structure contains an advisory council, the main campaign council and several specialised directorates and committees responsible for coordinating the party’s activities for the forthcoming elections.

Under the structure, Prince Tajudeen Olusi is designated Chairman of the Governance Advisory Council, while Governor Sanwo-Olu will serve as Chairman of the Advisory Council. Former governors Fashola and Ambode are listed as co-chairmen.

Other prominent members of the advisory structure include Femi Gbajabiamila, Chief of Staff to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu; Mudashiru Obasa, Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly; and former Minister of Health, Adeleke Mamora.

Senior legal practitioners, including Muiz Banire, SAN, and Babatunde Ogala, SAN, are also listed in the advisory structure.

At the main Lagos APC campaign council level, Sanwo-Olu is listed as Chairman, while his deputy, Kadri Obafemi Hamzat, will serve as Deputy Chairman.

Cornelius Ojelabi is listed as Vice Chairman I, Obasa as Vice Chairman II and Damilola Sonayon James as Vice Chairman III.

Former Senator Musiliu Obanikoro has been named Director-General of the campaign council, with Rasaq Ajala as Deputy Director-General and Adekunle Olayinka as Campaign Secretary.

The council’s operational structure includes directorates and committees responsible for different aspects of the 2027 election campaign, including legal and compliance, party and inter-party affairs, administration and logistics, traditional institutions, diaspora engagement and residents’ associations.

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Lawal Pedro, SAN, is listed to head the Legal and Compliance Directorate, while Niji Kazeem, SAN, is named deputy.

Other legal professionals listed in the structure include Kemi Pinheiro, SAN, Supo Shashore, SAN, and Professor Yemi Oke.

The Party and Inter-Party Affairs Directorate is to be headed by Moshood Mayegun, while Olayinka will oversee Secretariat Administration and Logistics, assisted by Thomas Da-Silva.

Chief Kunle Odufuwa is designated to coordinate activities involving traditional institutions, while Gbolahan Gbadamosi will oversee diaspora engagement, with Jermaine Sanwo-Olu as deputy.

Azeez Aremu Amusat is listed to coordinate activities involving residents’ associations, community development associations and estates.

The campaign structure also provides for grassroots coordinators and co-coordinators across Lagos’ 20 local government areas and 37 Local Council Development Areas, giving the council a state-wide organisational framework.

The formal inauguration of the campaign council is scheduled for Friday, September 18, 2026, at the Lagos APC Secretariat on ACME Road, Ikeja.

The unveiling comes after the Lagos APC formally commenced its campaign activities for the 2027 governorship and House of Assembly elections under its “Mandate Must Continue” campaign theme.

The party’s state chairman, Cornelius Ojelabi, has called on members to intensify grassroots mobilisation across the state’s 20 local government areas and 37 LCDAs.

The party has also been mobilising for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election bid and other APC candidates in Lagos.

Sanwo-Olu and Hamzat have called for peaceful elections and urged residents and party supporters to avoid violence before, during and after the 2027 polls.

The newly released structure brings together current and former Lagos political office holders, party leaders, lawmakers, legal practitioners and grassroots organisers as the APC prepares for the 2027 electoral cycle.

The inclusion of Fashola and Ambode places both former governors within the party’s formal advisory structure for the forthcoming campaign, while Sanwo-Olu will lead the main campaign council.

The campaign council is expected to coordinate the party’s electioneering activities across Lagos, covering mobilisation, legal matters, party relations, logistics, community engagement and other campaign operations.

2027: Sanwo-Olu, Fashola, Ambode Join Lagos APC Campaign Council