Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State will on Friday inaugurate the Allied People’s Movement (APM) Oyo State Presidential and Governorship Campaign Council ahead of the 2027 general elections.

The inauguration is scheduled to hold in the Conference Room of the Governor’s Office, according to a statement issued on Wednesday by the governor’s Special Adviser on Media, Dr Sulaimon Olanrewaju.

The statement announced the appointment of the Executive Chairman of the Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Dr Nureni Adeniran, as the Oyo State Coordinator of the APM 2027 Presidential Campaign and the Director-General of the party’s Oyo State Governorship Campaign Council.

It also named Hon. Saheed Arowosaye (AROSAD), a former Chairman of Oyo East Local Government, as the Deputy State Coordinator of the APM 2027 Presidential Campaign.

The Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Hon. Demola Ojo, was appointed Deputy Director-General (South), while Dr Femi Ojo and Alhaji Siju Lawal will serve as Deputy Directors-General for Oyo Central and Oyo North Senatorial Districts, respectively.

The statement further named Hon. Ramata Agberemi Dabo as Director of the Women’s Wing, while former Special Assistant on Youth to the governor, Hon. Kazeem Bolarinwa, will head the Youth Wing of the campaign council.

According to the statement, additional members of the campaign structure will be announced later.

“The event is scheduled to hold in the Conference Room of the Governor’s Office,” the statement read.

It added that Adeniran would “serve as both the Oyo State Coordinator of the APM 2027 Presidential Campaign and the Director-General of the Oyo State Governorship Campaign Council.”

The government said the remaining members of the campaign structure would be unveiled in due course.