Lagos State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, don set up a 36-member Security and Intelligence Directorate under im Campaign Council ahead of di 2027 governorship election. Di directorate na part of di party preparation for di poll, and dem draw members from retired senior security officers, professionals and community stakeholders from different backgrounds.
Among di prominent names inside di team na di Executive Secretary and CEO of Lagos State Security Trust Fund, LSSTF, Dr. Ayodele Ogunsan; retired Deputy Inspector General of Police, Taiwo Lakanu; General Olumuyiwa Okunowo; and retired Assistant Inspector General of Police, Hakeem Odumosu.
Di work wey di directorate go handle na to coordinate public safety and security matters during di campaign of di APC governorship candidate, Dr. Kadri Hamzat. Dem also go handle stakeholder engagement as di party dey do im political activities.
Other members wey dey di committee include Dr. Rasaq Balogun, retired Colonel Dele Oyefuga, Comrade Sola Omojuwa Omosebi, Sheriff Muhammed, Liasu Rasaq and Wasiu Ogunlana. Di list still get Sefiu Bello, Bolaji Idris Ariyo, Tunde Oyedeji, DCP Fashesan, Kenny Motajo, Adesanya Tolulope, Adedoyin Rojaiye and Sule Yusuf.
Di directorate also include Alhaji Gafar Owolabi, Damilola Bamgbose Ajaja, Abdulrasaq Adewole, Opeyemi Ogunsakin, Yomi Jones, Niyi Olofin, Gbemisola Olusegun Kebku, Wuzu Shakiru, Issa Folami, Comrade Rasaq Olokuoba, ACP Segun Odunlami, ACP Leke Smith and Prince Ifalade Oyekan. Rounding off di membership na Ireti Ayomide Adewole, Ayo Adesanya, Adeyinka Isiaka, Adekunle Muritala and Chief Dayo Ariyo.
Di constitution of di directorate na part of APC broader organisational preparations for di 2027 governorship contest for Lagos State, as political parties across di state dey intensify plans ahead of di election.
For another move, Lagos State chapter of di All Progressives Congress, APC, go formally inaugurate members of im campaign council for di 2027 general elections on Friday. Di inauguration expected to hold at di APC Secretariat on ACME Road, Ikeja, Lagos.
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and im predecessors, Babatunde Fashola and Akinwunmi Ambode, dey among those listed inside di campaign structure. A statement wey di Kadri Obafemi Hamzat, KOH, Media Centre release on Thursday and make available to media talk say Prince Tajudeen Olusi na Chairman of di Governance Advisory Council, GAC.
Sanwo-Olu dey listed as Chairman of di Advisory Council, while Fashola and Ambode na Co-Chairmen. Other members of di advisory structure include di President Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila; Speaker of di Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa; and former Minister of Health, Adeleke Mamora.
For di campaign council level, Sanwo-Olu dey listed as Chairman, with im deputy, Kadri Obafemi Hamzat, as Deputy Chairman. Di Lagos APC Chairman, Pastor Cornelius Ojelabi, na Vice-Chairman I, while Obasa na Vice-Chairman II and APC governorship running mate, Damilola Sonayon James, na Vice-Chairman III.
Former Senator Musiliu Obanikoro na Director-General, while Rasaq Ajala na Deputy Director-General and Adekunle Olayinka na Campaign Secretary. According to di statement, di council get various directorates and sub-committees wey cover areas like legal and compliance, party and inter-party affairs, administration and logistics, traditional institutions, diaspora engagement and residents associations.
