Orji Uzor Kalu, former governor
of Abia state, has been appointed into the committee for the reelection of
President Muhammadu Buhari.
Kalu, who is standing trial for
corruption, has been out of the country on alleged health grounds.
The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) had filed a N7.7 billion fraud trial against the ex-governor.
The campaign team constituted by
wife of the president is co-chaired by Dolapo Osinbajo, wife of Vice-President
Yemi Osinbajo.
Salamatu Baiwa Umar, women leader
of the All Progressives Congress (APC),
is national coordinator of the team.
Binta Muazu is deputy national
coordinator, north, while Juliet Ibekaku-Nwagu, special assistant to the
president on justice reforms, is deputy national coordinator, south.
Mairo Al-Makura, wife of Nasarawa
governor, and Adejoke O. Adefulure will serve as vice-chairpersons of north and
south respectively.
Some governors’ wives such as
Rashida Bello (Kogi), Zainab Bagudu (Kebbi), Nkechi Okorocha (Imo) and Florence
Ajimobi (Oyo) will serve as zonal leaders of the north-central, north-east,
north-west, south-east and south-west respectively.
Judith Amaechi, wife of Rotimi
Amaechi, minister of transportation, will serve as zonal leader of the
south-south.
Hameed Ali, comptrolller-general
of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), and Orji Uzor Kalu, a former governor of
Abia, also made the president’s wife list.
Festus Keyamo, a lawyer and
spokesman of the Buhari 2019 campaign, and Muiz Banire, a former national legal
adviser of APC, were also named as part of the team.
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