Osinbajo’s wife missing as Aisha Buhari leads APC women campaign

Aisha, the wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, has been appointed as the grand patron of the Women Campaign Team of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

However, Dolapo, the wife of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, was not included in the campaign list released on Saturday by Rinsola Abiola, daughter of late Chief MKO Abiola, who is also named in the media and administrative committees of the campaign team.

The Star had reported the exclusion of Osinbajo from the 422-member list of the APC Presidential Campaign Council earlier released by the APC.

Speaking on the development, the APC, in a statement, said President Muhammadu Buhari ordered the exclusion of the Vice President and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, to allow them to focus on governance.

Meanwhile, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, wife of the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, was appointed as chairperson, while Hajiya Nana Shettima, wife of the party’s vice-presidential candidate, Kashim Shettima, was appointed as co-chairperson of the APC Women Campaign Team.

A former member of the House of Representatives from Borno State, Asabe Villita, was appointed the National Coordinator of the team with Lauretta Onochie, an aide to President Buhari, as appointed as her deputy.

Olufolake AbdulRazaq, wife of the Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, was appointed to coordinate efforts in the North-Central, while the wife of the Lagos Governor, Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, will superintend over the South-West region of the 2023.

The wife of Imo State Governor, Chioma Ikeaka-Uzodimma, was appointed to coordinate the South-East, while the wife of Cross River State Governor, Linda Ayade, will coordinate the women’s campaign in the South-South.

The statement added that wives of governors in APC-controlled states will serve as state coordinators , while prominent APC women will coordinate the women’s campaign in non-APC-controlled states.

Florence, widow of the former governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi, and the APC Deputy National Women Leader, Zainab Ibrahim, among others, were chosen to coordinate activities in states not controlled by the APC, while all ministers’ wives, all female senators, all female ministers and all APC deputy governors’ wives are members of the campaign team.

The Star

Segun Ojo