State Governors In Nigeria 2015-2019

As the uninterrupted democratic process continued in Nigeria, below is a list of state governors in Nigeria between 2015 to 2019. As usual, the sharing of the 36 states were between the two major political parties: APC and PDP

State	Governors	Political Platform	Notes
Abia	Okezie Ikpeazu	PDP
Anambra	Willie Obiano	APGA	Obiano contested November 2013 governorship election. He took over power from Peter Obi on March 17, 2014
Adamawa	Bindo Jibrilla	APC	Jibrilla assumed office after the internal wrangling within PDP between 2011 to 2015, where PDP produced three members as governors
Akwa Ibom	Udom Gabriel Emmanuel	PDP	Udom was the Secretary to the State Government during Godswill Akpabio’s administration
Bayelsa	Seriake Dickson	PDP	He was in office from February 14, 2012, to February 14, 2020
Benue	Samuel Ortom	APC	He contested under the platform of APC in 2015 because his party failed to give him a ticket. Before the end of his first term, he ran back to his former party (PDP)
Bauchi	Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar	APC	He was in office from 2015 to 2019 but failed to win a second term
Borno	Kashim Shettima	APC	Second term
Cross River	Benedict Ayade	PDP	First-term
Delta	Ifeanyi Okowa	PDP	First-term
Ebonyi	Dave Umahi	PDP	First-term
Ekiti	Ayo Fayose	PDP	Kayode Fayemi was defeated by a PDP candidate and Fayose assumed office (for his second term) on Oct 16, 2014. Fayose’s term came to an end on Oct 16, 2018
Enugu	Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi	PDP	First-term
Edo	Godwin Obaseki	APC	He assumed office in 2016. For his second term, he jumped to PDP
Gombe	Ibrahim Dankwambo	PDP	Second term
Imo	Rochas Okorocha	APC	Second term
Jigawa	Mohammed Badaru Abubakar	APC	First-term
Katsina	Aminu Bello Masari	APC	Masari was a member of PDP before defecting CPC, the to APC under which he won the governorship election
Kebbi	Abubakar Atiku Bagudu	APC	First-term
Kano	Abdullahi Umar Ganduje	APC	First-term
Kogi	Idris Wada	PDP	He was in office between January 2012 to January 2016. On January 27, 2016, Yahaya Bello assumed office following the death of Abubakar Audu. The runner-up during party primaries Bello took over
Kaduna	Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai	APC	First-term
Kwara	Abdulfatah Ahmed	APC	Second-term
Lagos	Akinwumi Ambode	APC	First-term. He couldn’t secure second term ticket of his party
Nasarawa	Umaru Tanko Al-Makura	APC	Second term
Niger	Abubakar Sani Bello	APC	First-term
Ondo	Rotimi Odunayo Akeredolu	APC	He assumed office on February 24, 2017, for the first term, after the expiration of the tenure of office of Segun Mimiko
Osun	Rauf Aregbesola	APC	Aregbesola’s tenure came to an end on November 26, 2018
Ogun	Ibinkunle Amosun	APC	Second term
Oyo	Isiaka A Ajimobi	APC	Second term
Rivers	Ezenwo Nyesom Wike	PDP	First-term
Sokoto	Aminu Waziri Tambuwal	APC	First-term
Plateau	Simon Lalong	APC	First-term
Taraba	Darius Ishaku	PDP	First-term
Yobe	Ibrahim Gaidam	APC	Gaidam was in office from January 27, 2009, to May 29, 2019
Zamfara	Abdul’aziz Abubakar Yari	APC