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Atiku appoints Ibrahim-Imam and El-Rufai to 2027 campaign council

Source: Punch Nigeria · 25 Sep 2026, 00:37 UTC
Atiku appoints Ibrahim-Imam and El-Rufai to 2027 campaign council
Image: Punch Nigeria · original report

African Democratic Congress presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar has named Kashim Ibrahim-Imam as chairman and Nasir El-Rufai as deputy chairman of his 2027 campaign council. Punch Nigeria reports the appointments but provides no further details about the council’s membership or activities.

African Democratic Congress presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar has appointed Kashim Ibrahim-Imam as chairman of his 2027 campaign council, Punch Nigeria reports. Nasir El-Rufai was named deputy chairman of the council. The appointments place the two politicians in senior roles in Atiku’s organisation for the 2027 presidential campaign.

The supplied material does not give the date of the announcement or explain the process through which the appointments were made. It also does not provide details of the council’s full membership, structure or responsibilities. No statement from Ibrahim-Imam or El-Rufai is included in the available report.

The source material likewise contains no response from other political parties or candidates to the appointments. The report identifies Atiku as the ADC presidential candidate and links the appointments to preparations for the 2027 election. It does not provide information about the party’s campaign plans, policy platform or electoral strategy.

The appointments are the only details supplied about the council. Further information on how it will operate or when its activities will begin was not available in the source material.

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