Moghalu distances self from Atiku’s 2027 campaign team

 

Moghalu distances self from Atiku’s 2027 campaign team

 

Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Kingsley Moghalu, has distanced himself from the 2027 presidential campaign team of the African Democratic Congress candidate, Atiku Abubakar.

 

Moghalu said he was neither consulted nor asked for his consent before his name was included in the campaign’s policy team.

 

He disclosed this in a statement posted on his X account on Thursday, September 24, shortly after Atiku’s campaign unveiled its campaign structure for the 2027 presidential election.

 

Moghalu said he was surprised to see his name listed among members of the policy team, stressing that he had not agreed to take up the role.

 

“For the record: I was not consulted and did not give my consent to my name being published as a member of the ADC candidate’s policy team,” he said.

 

The former CBN deputy governor added that he was not a member of Atiku’s policy team, either officially or in an advisory capacity.

 

His response came after the campaign announced its Presidential Campaign Council, comprising politicians and professionals assigned to various roles ahead of the 2027 election.

 

The campaign named Kashim Ibrahim-Imam as chairman of the National Campaign Council, while former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, was appointed deputy chairman.

 

Senator Austin Akobundu was named Director-General and Campaign Manager, while former Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, was listed among members of the campaign structure.

 

Veteran journalist and publisher, Dele Momodu, was also named to head the Media and Communications Directorate.

 

The campaign’s policy team was headed by economist and banker Mohammed Hayatu-Deen, with Professor Mohammed Sagagi as deputy chairman. Moghalu was listed among members of the team.

 

According to the campaign, the policy team would work on policy proposals addressing some of Nigeria’s major economic and social challenges.

 

The areas identified include the rising cost of living, unemployment, insecurity and declining purchasing power.

 

Atiku’s campaign said the appointments were part of efforts to establish a broad campaign structure ahead of the 2027 presidential election.

 

However, Moghalu said his inclusion did not reflect his current political position.

 

He explained that he left partisan politics in Nigeria in 2022 and had maintained a non-partisan position since then.

 

Moghalu said he was neither a member nor a sympathiser of any political party in Nigeria.

 

“I have adopted the path of statesmanship, not partisanship,” he said.

 

He said remaining outside partisan politics did not mean he had withdrawn from issues concerning Nigeria’s development.

 

According to him, he remained committed to the country’s progress but did not believe that such commitment required him to align with a political party.

 

Moghalu contested the 2019 presidential election under the platform of the Young Progressives Party.

 

He currently serves as president of the Institute for Governance and Economic Transformation, a public policy think tank, and is also the Chief Executive Officer of Sogato Strategies, a geopolitical

risk and regulatory strategy advisory firm.