State governors who served during this administration — all 36 states across Nigeria's six geopolitical zones, including mid-term changes.
57
Governor records
36
APC
18
PDP
1
LP
2
APGA
1
Removed
Zone
Party
Status
South-West6 states
Ekiti
Ayodele Fayose
Kayode Fayemi
Biodun Oyebanji
Still serving at end of Buhari tenure
Lagos
Akinwunmi Ambode
Babajide Sanwo-Olu
Ogun
Ibikunle Amosun
Dapo Abiodun
Ondo
Olusegun Mimiko
Rotimi Akeredolu
Osun
Rauf Aregbesola
Gboyega Oyetola
Ademola Adeleke
Still serving at end of Buhari tenure
Oyo
Abiola Ajimobi
Seyi Makinde
South-South6 states
Akwa Ibom
Udom Emmanuel
Bayelsa
Seriake Dickson
Douye Diri
Cross River
Ben Ayade
Defected from PDP to APC in 2021
Delta
Ifeanyi Okowa
Edo
Adams Oshiomhole
Godwin Obaseki
Re-elected 2020 under PDP after APC denied him ticket
Rivers
Nyesom Wike
South-East5 states
Abia
Okezie Ikpeazu
Anambra
Willie Obiano
Charles Soludo
Still serving at end of Buhari tenure
Ebonyi
Dave Umahi
Defected from PDP to APC in 2020
Enugu
Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi
Imo
Rochas Okorocha
Emeka Ihedioha
Removed by Supreme Court in January 2020
Hope Uzodinma
Installed by Supreme Court order in January 2020
North-West7 states
Jigawa
Muhammad Badaru Abubakar
Kaduna
Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai
Kano
Abdullahi Umar Ganduje
Katsina
Aminu Bello Masari
Kebbi
Atiku Bagudu
Sokoto
Aminu Waziri Tambuwal
Defected from APC to PDP in 2018; re-elected 2019 under PDP
Zamfara
Abdulaziz Yari
Bello Matawalle
Won 2019 on the PDP platform after the courts voided the APC primaries in Zamfara; defected to the APC on 29 June 2021
North-East6 states
Adamawa
Muhammadu Jibrilla Bindow
Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri
Bauchi
Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar
Bala Mohammed
Borno
Kashim Shettima
Babagana Umara Zulum
Gombe
Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo
Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya
Taraba
Darius Dickson Ishaku
Yobe
Ibrahim Gaidam
Mai Mala Buni
North-Central6 states
Benue
Samuel Ortom
Defected from APC to PDP in 2018; re-elected 2019 under PDP
Kogi
Yahaya Bello
Declared winner after APC candidate Abubakar Audu died during the Nov 2015 election
Kwara
Abdulfatah Ahmed
Won 2011 and 2015 with the Saraki bloc (PDP then APC); the bloc returned to the PDP in July 2018
Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq
Nasarawa
Umaru Tanko Al-Makura
Second term; won 2011 under the CPC and 2015 under the APC; did not get the APC ticket for 2019
Abdullahi Sule
Niger
Abubakar Sani Bello
Plateau
Simon Lalong