Lagos has pulled a deep bench of screen and stage names into party work. The All Progressives Congress released its state campaign council list on Thursday, September 17, 2026, and parked dozens of entertainers inside an Entertainment and Creative Economy Directorate. Veteran actor Prince Jide Kosoko is Co-Director. Eniola Badmus is Deputy Director. Toyin Abraham-Ajeyemi sits on the floor as a member. Inauguration is set for Friday, September 18, at the APC Secretariat on ACME Road, Ikeja.
The Kadri Obafemi Hamzat Media Centre published the structure. Toke Benson-Awoyinka is named Director. Akeem Alimi, known as Ajala Jalingo, is Secretary. Dare Olateju is Assistant Secretary. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu is listed as Chairman of the wider campaign council, with Hamzat as Deputy Chairman. The entertainment wing is one directorate among several built for the 2027 cycle. Independent National Electoral Commission rules already opened the campaign window on September 9, 2026.
The movie names read like a Yoruba cinema roll call. Members include Oga Bello Salami, Saheed Balogun, Remi Oshodi, Foluke Daramola, Bukky Wright, Bimbo Akintola, Fathia Balogun, Kikelomo Balogun, Yinka Quadri, Tayo Sobola and Toyin Abraham-Ajeyemi.
Fuji and street-pop power sits beside them: Wasiu Alabi Pasuma, Abass Akande Obesere, Adewale Ayuba, Sulaimon Alao Adekunle (Malaika), Akorede Babatunde Okunola (Osupa) and Temitope Adekunle (Small Doctor).
Other listed members include Dr. Abiola Adebayo, Princess Bopo Oyekan Ismaila, Alhaji Rasaq Yusuf, Aderinola Philips, Olamide Maja, Alhaji Abbey Lanre, Yemisi Falaye Esq., Leke Babatunde Akinrowo, Alhaji Kayode Fahm, Aruna Ishola and Sule Adiro Ataweye. The directorate runs to 33 names.
Kosoko, Badmus and Abraham are among the most recognisable faces on the paper. Pairing them with Pasuma, Obesere, Ayuba and Small Doctor gives the party both film houses and dance floors.
Nigerian campaigns have long treated entertainers as amplifiers. This list makes the arrangement official. The party is asking actors who sell tickets and musicians who own weekends to carry a political message into 2027. Fans will read loyalty into every name. Rivals will call it patronage.