By The All Progressives Congress (APC) United Kingdom Chapter, inaugurated a council to lead the campaign in the UK, for the presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in the 2023 presidential elections.
Mr Jacob Ogunseye, the chapter’s Publicity Secretary, announced this in a statement on Friday in Abuja.
He said the 14-man board would be led by a veteran legal practitioner, Mr Joseph Adebola while Mr Patrick Oleh would act as its secretary.
He said Mr Ade Omole, leader of APC UK, has encouraged the board members to accept the task before them as significant and must be achieved.
Omole said the campaign board would work with other Diaspora support groups and conform to the party’s directives from Nigeria.
He said the terms of reference of the board incorporate overall coordination of the APC UK presidential campaign activities.
He added that this included but was not restricted to drawing up a UK-wide campaign timetable, itinerary, and liaison with respective APC UK campaign committees.
He said that Adebola, chairman of the board, had vowed to bring his wealth of experience to work with other members of the APC Diaspora chapters
This, he expressed, is to guarantee Tinubu’s victory and that of his running mate, Sen. Kashim Shettima in the 2023 presidential election.
“I am confident of the support of my members, we supported our great party in 2015, and 2019 and several governorship elections in Nigeria which led to sounding electoral victory.
“As previously delivered, we will leave no stone unturned in delivering our principal. APC’s victory in the forthcoming election is sacrosanct.
“We will reach out to all our Diaspora progressives and mobilize Nigerians in the United Kingdom to reach out to their families and peers in Nigeria,” Adebola said.
He described Tinubu as a household name and a sellable personality with good track records following his antecedence as a two-term former governor of Lagos State.
Adebola said members from the board and Nigerians in the Diaspora, by and large, couldn’t bear to botch such an opportunity to rebuild Nigeria with Tinubu as president.
He said Dr Mustapha Abdullahi would act as Deputy Chairman of the board, while Jacob Ogunseye would act as its Publicity Secretary.
Different members are: Mrs Carolyn Adelakun, Hajiya Rakiya Abubakar, Mrs Ifeoma Onochie-Faruk, Ms Edith Nwachukwu, Mrs Kikelomo Oladapo, Mr Obi Madubuobi, Mr Joseph Fadele, Mr Oluseun Baiyewu, Mr Udeme Ukpe and Oladapo Habeeb
