2023: APC Appoints Governor Lalong As DG Presidential Campaign, Keyamo, Spokesman

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has appointed Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau state as its Director General of Presidential Campaign, ahead of the 2023 general elections.

This was announced on Thursday by the APC National Chairman, Sen. Abdullahi Adamu while briefing State House Correspondents shortly after meeting President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa Abuja.

Similarly, APC has also appointed Festus Keyamo as its Presidential Campaign Spokesman.

Earlier on Monday, Kaduna State Nasir El-Rufai, had briefed journalists after a meeting the APC governors had with the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, and his running mate Kashim Shettima, in Lagos.

He hinted that a Director General had been selected and other positions in the council are being discussed, adding that President Muhammadu Buhari and the APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, would be briefed before a formal announcement.

“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,” El-Rufai stated.

“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.

Though there are some reports that ex-APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole was appointed as the director-general of the party’s presidential campaign council, he denied it.

Also in attendance at the meeting were Oshiomhole and the APC National Secretary, Iyiola Omisore.