The Obi-Kwankwaso Movement has unveiled a 59-member Presidential Campaign Council as part of its preparations for the 2027 general elections.

The council, announced on Thursday, comprises zonal and state coordinators as well as directors overseeing mobilisation, women affairs, strategy, security, legal affairs, administration and other key areas.

The movement’s Director-General, John Ughulu, will serve as Director-General of the campaign council, while its National Secretary, Saadatu Sani, is also part of the campaign leadership.

The structure covers Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones, the Federal Capital Territory and all 36 states, with officials assigned to coordinate activities across the country.

Among the six zonal coordinators are Suleiman Abubakar for North-Central, Hashimu Dungurawa for North-West, Amadu Gwambe for North-East, Dr Adebayo Adefolaseye for South-West, Christopher Ighodaro for South-South and El-Shaddai Ikeh for South-East.

The council also has directors responsible for grassroots mobilisation, women affairs, contact and engagement, special duties, procurement, information technology, legal affairs, strategy and planning, security and intelligence, and administration.

Other appointees include Rev. Mike Agbon as Director, Inter-Ethnic Group in Northern Nigeria; Sabo Gashua, Grassroots Mobilisation; Glory Adayi, Women Affairs; Kabir Yahaya, Contact and Engagement; Abdumumini Tijjani, Mobilisation; Yusuf Mani, Special Duties; Peace Daful, Procurement; Prof. Charles Nwekeaku, South Eastern Town Hall; and Sunmisola Adebayo, Information Technology.

Kingdom Okere was appointed Director of Legal Affairs; Abiodun Dabiri, Strategy and Planning; Richard Enemona, CSP (retd.), Security and Intelligence; while Aisha Abdulrahaman was named Director of Administration.

In a message to the newly appointed members, Sani described their selection as a call to duty, sacrifice and service, urging them to take the movement’s message to Nigerians across the country.

She said the campaign structure was expected to reach communities from the cities to the grassroots and from states and local governments to wards.

Sani said the movement was focused on mobilising Nigerians around what it described as the possibility of a more prosperous, united and functional Nigeria, while urging members to demonstrate discipline, loyalty, humility and teamwork.

“Our responsibility is to ensure that the message of our principals reaches every Nigerian and that the voice of the people is heard across the length and breadth of our nation,” she said.

The movement has described the structure as part of its mobilisation efforts around Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso ahead of the 2027 election.

However, the formation of the council has since generated a disagreement with the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC). The party said it was not responsible for the 59-member council and that its own presidential campaign council would be constituted separately. The Obi-Kwankwaso Movement, in response, maintained that it is an independent organisation with its own leadership and internal processes.

The movement had also previously said it would retain its independent structure rather than merge with another political organisation ahead of the 2027 elections.