The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has unveiled a heavyweight campaign council for the 2027 general elections, bringing Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, former governors Babatunde Fashola and Akinwunmi Ambode, and several influential party figures into the election battle.
The council, released on Thursday by the Kadri Obafemi Hamzat Media Centre, places Sanwo-Olu at the heart of both the party’s advisory and campaign structures as the Lagos APC intensifies preparations for the 2027 polls.
The development signals a major mobilisation of the party’s political machinery in the state ahead of the election.
Sanwo-Olu, Fashola, Ambode Take Key Roles
Prince Tajudeen Olusi is named Chairman of the Governance Advisory Council, while Sanwo-Olu serves as Advisory Council Chairman, with former governors Fashola and Ambode designated as co-chairmen.
Other prominent members of the advisory structure include President Bola Tinubu’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila; Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa; and former Minister of Health, Adeleke Mamora.
Ojelabi Cornelius is listed as Vice Chairman I, Obasa as Vice Chairman II, while Damilola Sonayon James occupies the position of Vice Chairman III
At the campaign council level, Sanwo-Olu will serve as chairman, with his deputy, Kadri Obafemi Hamzat, as deputy chairman.
Former Senator Musiliu Obanikoro has been named Director-General, while Rasaq Ajala will serve as Deputy Director-General and Adekunle Olayinka as Campaign Secretary.
APC Unleashes Full Campaign Machinery
The campaign council has been structured into several directorates and committees covering legal and compliance, party and inter-party affairs, administration and logistics, traditional institutions, diaspora engagement and residents’ associations, among other areas.
The unveiling comes as the Lagos APC ramps up its preparations for the 2027 elections following the emergence of Hamzat as the party’s governorship candidate and Damilola Sonayon-James as his running mate.
The party is expected to formally inaugurate the campaign council on Friday, September 18, at the APC Secretariat in Ikeja.
With serving and former governors, federal and state political heavyweights, party leaders and campaign strategists now assembled under one structure, the Lagos APC has signalled that its 2027 election machinery is moving into a higher gear.
