It is not quite clear if the ruling All Progressives Congress party has indeed withdrawn the membership list of its Presidential Campaign Council for the January 16, 2027 elections. What is not in doubt is that the list has run into a storm of criticism in which certain members of the opposition parties have taken the lead. […]

President Bola Tinubu will serve as chairman of the council, while Vice President Kashim Shettima and APC National Chairman, Nentawe Yilwatda, will serve as vice chairmen.

Their inclusion has generated questions about the extent to which serving officials responsible for public institutions should participate in the political campaign machinery of…