How Wike, Adeleke, Soludo, Dankwambo Hope To Shape Tinubu’s 2027 Re-Election Coalition

The inclusion of outstanding opposition politicians, together with FCT Minister Nyesom Wike, Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke, Anambra State Governor Chukwuma Soludo, and Senator Ibrahim Dankwambo, within the revised 2027 Presidential Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress (APC) highlights the cross-party alliances forming round President Bola Tinubu’s re-election marketing campaign.

These politicians have completely different social gathering affiliations and political backgrounds, however their appointments place them inside the ruling social gathering’s marketing campaign construction forward of the 2027 normal election.

Wike is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP); Soludo belongs to the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA); Adeleke is a member of the Accord Party, whereas Dankwambo, a former governor, is a PDP senator representing Gombe North.

Their inclusion raises questions on what their political networks, governing expertise, and regional affect might contribute to Tinubu’s re-election bid.

1. Nyesom Wike: Campaign Coordinator in Rivers and the FCT

Wike’s appointment locations him in command of marketing campaign coordination in Rivers State, the place he served as governor from 2015 to 2023, and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the place he presently serves as minister.

Despite remaining a member of the PDP, Wike has publicly supported Tinubu’s re-election. In March 2026, he reiterated his assist for a second time period whereas sustaining that the PDP might nonetheless subject candidates in different elections. As chief of the Rainbow Coalition, a cross-party political platform that has been dismissed by APC governors, Wike hopes to make use of his group to galvanise extra votes for the president.

2. Ademola Adeleke: Osun State Campaign Coordinator

Adeleke’s appointment is critical as a result of he received re-election as Osun State governor in August 2026 on the Accord Party ticket. Before turning into governor in 2022, he represented Osun West within the Senate.

His reported function as Tinubu’s marketing campaign coordinator in Osun locations him on the centre of efforts to have interaction stakeholders in a state the place the APC and opposition events have competed for political management.

3. Chukwuma Soludo: Anambra State Campaign Coordinator

Soludo’s inclusion gives the APC marketing campaign with a hyperlink to a governor whose political base is rooted in APGA reasonably than the ruling social gathering.

Re-elected as Anambra State governor in November 2025, Soludo stated in March 2026 that APGA wouldn’t subject a presidential candidate in 2027 and expressed assist for Tinubu’s second-term bid. He argued that cooperation with the federal authorities may benefit Anambra State.

APGA subsequently welcomed his inclusion within the marketing campaign council, describing it as in line with the social gathering’s place on cooperation with the federal authorities.

4. Ibrahim Dankwambo: Campaign Council Adviser

Dankwambo, a PDP senator representing Gombe North, served as governor of Gombe State from 2011 to 2019. He additionally served as Accountant-General of the Federation earlier than turning into governor.

Unlike Wike, Adeleke, and Soludo, whose reported appointments contain coordinating campaigns in particular areas, Dankwambo has been named a marketing campaign council adviser. The revised record doesn’t specify the scope of his tasks.

Others

Segun Sowunmi: Media and Communications Directorate

Although Sowunmi has traditionally been a chieftain of the PDP and served because the spokesperson for Atiku Abubakar’s 2023 presidential marketing campaign, he started laying the groundwork for this political shift earlier within the yr.

In September 2026, Sowunmi publicly declared his assist for President Tinubu’s 2027 re-election bid, arguing that Nigeria wants “policy continuity” reasonably than a change of management each 4 years.

Lere Olayinka: Media and Communications Directorate

Lere Olayinka has been appointed to the marketing campaign’s Media and Strategic Communications Directorate. He will deal with media operations alongside Minister of Aviation Festus Keyamo, lawmaker Abdulmumin Jibrin, and Segun Sowunmi.

The directorate operates underneath the coordination of Information Minister Idris Malagi and marketing campaign spokesperson Dele Alake.

Why Their Inclusion Matters

The appointments spotlight the function of politicians exterior the APC in Tinubu’s 2027 marketing campaign construction. Their potential worth lies of their regional connections, expertise in public workplace, and skill to have interaction political stakeholders past the ruling social gathering’s membership.

However, whereas these relationships might strengthen the marketing campaign’s attain, their precise affect will rely upon how successfully the politicians mobilise supporters and whether or not their affect interprets into votes.