Former Vice President and presidential hopeful of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has appointed a former governor of Ogun, Chief Gbenga Daniel, as Director-General of his 2019 presidential campaign.
The unveiling of Gbenga Daniel was disclosed in a statement by the Atiku Media Office on Monday in Abuja.
Daniel, popularly known as OGD, was a two-term governor of Ogun from 2003 and 2011 with an extensive network within the PDP.
Before his election as governor in 2003, Daniel was the Chief Executive Officer of a leading engineering company in the country.
The statement added that Daniel’s experiences both in politics and the private sector would have a bearing in Atiku’s campaign for president in 2019.
According to the statement, other appointments into the campaign team would be announced when the leadership of the campaign resumes work.