Akinwande Soji-Ojo
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, has disclosed that a director-general has been picked for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council.
Speaking after a meeting the APC governors had with the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, and his running mate, Kashim Shettima on Monday night, el-Rufai said other positions in the council are being discussed.
The governor said President Muhammadu Buhari and APC national chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, would be briefed before a formal announcement.
“This is a delegation of the Progressive Governors Forum led by our Chairman, Dr Atiku Bagudu, and the party represented by the national secretary.
“We came to report on an assignment given to us by our Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and his running mate to begin the broad consultations and develop a structure for the presidential campaign council. We have done some work on it.
“We have briefed the candidate and his running mate and inputs have been taken and our hope is that in the shortest possible time the candidate will consult more with the party leadership and brief Mr President and get his input and then we formally unveil the presidential campaign council.
“A decision has been taken on the director-general but other positions in the campaign council are still being discussed. The president and the national chairman and national working committee will be briefed before a formal announcement,” he said.
Former governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, was reported to be the director-general of the APC presidential campaign council, but he denied it.
Oshiomhole and APC national secretary, Iyiola Omisore, also attended the meeting.
