Oyo State Governor and presidential candidate of the Allied People’s Movement (APM), Seyi Makinde, is set to inaugurate the party’s Oyo State Presidential and Governorship Campaign Council on Friday as preparations for the 2027 general elections gather momentum.
According to a statement issued on Wednesday by the Governor’s Special Adviser on Media, Dr. Sulaimon Olanrewaju, the inauguration ceremony will be held at 3:30 p.m. in the Conference Room of the Governor’s Office in Ibadan.
The statement announced the appointment of the Executive Chairman of the Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Dr. Nureni Adeniran, as the Oyo State Coordinator of the APM 2027 Presidential Campaign and Director-General of the party’s Oyo State Governorship Campaign Council.
Former Chairman of Oyo East Local Government, Hon. Saheed Arowosaye, popularly known as AROSAD, will serve as the Deputy State Coordinator of the presidential campaign in the state.
To strengthen the governorship campaign structure, the party also appointed three Deputy Directors-General to oversee operations across the state’s senatorial districts.
Hon. Ademola Ojo, the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, will coordinate activities in Oyo South, while Dr. Femi Ojo and Alhaji Siju Lawal will supervise Oyo Central and Oyo North senatorial districts, respectively.
The campaign council also named Hon. Ramata Agberemi Dabo as Director of the Women’s Wing, while former Special Assistant on Youth to Governor Makinde, Hon. Kazeem Bolarinwa, will lead the Youth Wing.
The statement added that additional members of the campaign council and other campaign structures would be announced in the coming days as the party intensifies preparations for the 2027 elections.
