{
  "id": 2648367,
  "title": "2027: Dead on arrival — APM reacts to Tinubu’s campaign council",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/2027-dead-on-arrival-apm-reacts-to-tinubus-campaign-council",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-22T20:52:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/08/22/2027-dead-on-arrival-apm-reacts-to-tinubus-campaign-council/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Allied Peoples’ Movement (APM) has declared President Bola Tinubu’s newly established campaign council as \"dead on arrival.\" In a statement released on Saturday, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Abubakar Yusuf, made this assessment. Yusuf attributed the council’s impending failure to the administration’s declining popularity and its inability to attract competent politicians capable of winning broad public support. The APM specifically criticized the appointment of Abdul-Aziz Yari, former Governor of Zamfara State, as the director-general of the campaign council. They argued that Yari’s tenure was marked by growing insecurity and poor living conditions, suggesting that his appointment would not bolster Tinubu’s electoral prospects. Yusuf emphasized that if Tinubu, now in his third and a half years in power, is unable to assemble a credible team, it underscores his lack of qualifications to lead such a complex nation as Nigeria. The APM further described the members of the campaign council as \"known political sycophants, inconsistent characters and ideological turncoats.\"",
  "summary": "The Allied Peoples’ Movement, APM, has described the setting up of President Bola Tinubu’s Campaign Council as “dead on arrival”. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Abubakar Yusuf, said this in a statement on Saturday. The APM described the council as a reflection of the alleged declining popularity of the Tinubu administration and its inability to attract […] 2027: Dead on arrival — APM…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "Wike explains why he rejected Tinubu’s 2027 campaign DG role",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/wike-explains-why-he-rejected-tinubus-2027-campaign-dg-role",
        "published": "2026-08-22T16:10:03.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}