List of Nigerian state governors

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The following table presents a listing of Nigeria's state governors. Governors are elected for a term of four years (maximum of two terms). A minister appointed by the president oversees affairs in the Abuja Federal Capital Territory.

The current party affiliation of the 36 state governors is:

State Current Governor Party Elected/Took office Past Leaders
Abia State Orji Uzor Kalu PDP 1999 List
Adamawa State Boni Haruna PDP 1999 List
Akwa Ibom State Victor Attah PDP 1999 List
Anambra State1 Virginia Etiaba APGA 2006 List
Bauchi State Adamu Mu'azu PDP 1999 List
Bayelsa State Goodluck Jonathan2 PDP 2005 List
Benue State George Akume PDP 1999 List
Borno State Ali Modu Sheriff ANPP 2003 List
Cross River State Donald Duke PDP 1999 List
Delta State James Ibori PDP 1999 List
Ebonyi State Sam Egwu PDP 1999 List
Edo State Lucky Igbinedion PDP 1999 List
Ekiti State Ayo Fayose - impeached PDP 2003 List
Enugu State Chimaroke Nnamani PDP 1999 List
Gombe State Mohammed Danjuma Goje PDP 2003 List
Imo State Achike Udenwa PDP 1999 List
Jigawa State Saminu Turaki ANPP 1999 List
Kaduna State Ahmed Makarfi PDP 1999 List
Kano State Ibrahim Shekarau ANPP 2003 List
Katsina State Umaru Musa Yar'Adua PDP 1999 List
Kebbi State Adamu Aliero ANPP 1999 List
Kogi State Ibrahim Idris PDP 2003 List
Kwara State Bukola Saraki PDP 2003 List
Lagos State Bola Tinubu AC 1999 List
Nassarawa State Abdullahi Adamu PDP 1999 List
Niger State Abdulkadir Kure PDP 1999 List
Ogun State Gbenga Daniel PDP 2003 List
Ondo State Olusegun Agagu PDP 2003 List
Osun State Olagunsoye Oyinlola PDP 2003 List
Oyo State Rasidi Adewolu Ladoja3 PDP 2006 List
Plateau State Michael Botmang4 PDP 2006 List
Rivers State Peter Odili PDP 1999 List
Sokoto State Attahiru Bafarawa ANPP 1999 List
Taraba State Jolly Nyame PDP 1999 List
Yobe State Bukar Ibrahim ANPP 1999 List
Zamfara State Ahmed Sani Yerima ANPP 1999 List
Territory Current Minister Party Took office Past Leaders
Abuja F.C.T. Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai PDP 2003 List

[edit] Notes

  1. Chris Ngige's 2003 election victory was overturned by the Nigerian Federal Court of Appeal on 15 March 2006 and he was replaced by Peter Obi on 17 March 2006. Obi was impeached by the Anambra State House of Assembly on 2 November 2006 and Dame Virginia Etiaba took office the following day.
  2. Goodluck Jonathan replaces Diepreye Alamieyeseigha (elected in 1999 and re-elected in 2003) who was impeached on 9 December 2005.
  3. Rasidi Adewola Ladoja reinstated by the supreme court on 7 December putting paid to the reign of the pretender Christopher Alao-Akala
  4. Joshua Dariye was suspended for a period of six months (18 May18 November) in 2004.
  5. Joshua Dariye was impeached on 13 November 2006 and was replaced by his erstwhile deputy, Micheal Botmang.

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