Buhari To Inaugurate APC Presidential Campaign Council On Friday

After dragging for weeks since the list of members were released, President Muhammadu Buhari will on Friday formally inaugurate the All Progressives Congress (ACP) presidential campaign council.

At the event billed to hold at the Banquet Hall of the presidential villa, the president will also unveil the policy document of the APC presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

The official flag-off of the campaign which was billed to take place on September 28 was later suspended following the protest that trailed the 422-member list of the campaign council released by its secretary, Hon James Faleke.

Director general of the campaign council and Plateau State governor, Simon Lalong, who announced the postponement had said a new date for the inauguration would be announced  soon.

Some party big wigs, including governors and members of the APC national working committee (NWC) had rejected the composition of the campaign team on ground that their interest was not carried along.

A letter said to have been written by the party’s national chairman, Sen Abdullahi Adamu, had also stated the grievances of the NWC, which said it was was not involved in the process of making the list.

This led to a series of meetings of APC governors, members of the campaign council and the party leadership where it was admitted that the party ought to have released the list and not the campaign council.

At a meeting held at Transcorp Hotel Abuja, the party leadership, the APC governors and the campaign team had harmonised the list,’.

A source told LEADERSHIP last night that President Buhari who is the chairman of the APC campaign council will inaugurate the council on Friday, after which he would lead the campaign across the country.