Tragedy has struck the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kogi State following the sudden death of the party chairman in Ijumu Local Government Area, Oyewole Mayowa Solomon.

Solomon reportedly slumped and died on Friday while attending a peace and reconciliation meeting at the Iyara Town Hall, the headquarters of Ijumu Local Government Area.

The circumstances surrounding his death remain unclear. Sources at the meeting said proceedings were ongoing when the party chairman suddenly collapsed, throwing political leaders and delegates into panic and confusion.

He was immediately given first aid and rushed to a medical facility in neighbouring Kabba, where he was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.

Solomon’s sudden death has sent shockwaves through the political landscape of Kogi West, coming at a time when the APC is intensifying efforts to reconcile members and strengthen party unity ahead of the 2027 general elections.

The APC state executive and local authorities had yet to issue an official statement on the incident as of the time of filing this report.

Photo: VP Shettima and President Tinubu

The Presidency on released a list of members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, with President Bola Tinubu as Chairman While vice President Kashim Shettima and the Party Chairman Professor Nentawe Yilwatda will serve as chairman and vice chairman, respectively..

The list was released in a statement by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President (Information and Strategy).

The former Zamfara State governor Senator Abdulaziz Yari will serve as the director-general of the campaign. Governor Hope Uzodimma will serve as secretary of the campaign council. APC National Secretary, Senator Ajibola Bashiru and Hadiza Bala-Usman will serve as deputy and assistant secretaries.

Onanuga said that the chairman of the campaign Council, President Tinubu, will work with a body of advisers comprising Chief Bisi Akande, Chief Segun Osoba, Senator Rochas Okorocha, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, and Senator Florence Ita Giwa.

The Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Speaker Tajudeen Abass, and Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State have been assigned as deputy director-generals for the campaign in the south and the north.

The candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the August 15 Osun governorship election, Bola Oyebamiji, has appealed for calm in the state, as the party reviews the election results before deciding its next steps.

Oyebamiji made the call after meeting President Bola Tinubu at the State House, a day after the re-elected Governor Ademola Adeleke also met with the President.

He said that President Tinubu stressed the importance of peaceful elections, while urging Governor Adeleke to speak to his supporters and discourage violence.