List of governors of Borno State
Appearance
This is a list of administrators and governors of Borno State, Nigeria. Borno State was formed on 3 February 1976 when North-Eastern State was divided into Bauchi, Borno, and Gongola states.
Name | Title | Took office | Left office | Party | Notes |
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Musa Usman[1] | Governor | 28 May 1967 | July 1975 | Military | North-Eastern State |
Muhammadu Buhari | Governor | July 1975 | March 1976 | Military | North-Eastern State |
Group Captain Mustapha A. Amin[2] | Governor | March 1976 | July 1978 | Military | First governor of Borno State |
Tunde Idiagbon[3] | Governor | July 1978 | October 1979 | Military | |
Mohammed Goni[4] | Governor | October 1979 | October 1983 | GNPP | Nigerian Second Republic |
Asheik Jarma[5] | Governor | 1 October 1983 | 31 December 1983 | NPN | Nigerian Second Republic |
Abubakar Waziri | Governor | January 1984 | August 1985 | Military | |
Abdulmumini Aminu | Governor | August 1985 | December 1987 | Military | |
Abdul One Mohammed | Governor | December 1987 | December 1989 | Military | |
Mohammed Maina | Governor | December 1989 | June 1990 | Military | |
Mohammed Buba Marwa | Governor | June 1990 | January 1992 | Military | |
Maina Maaji Lawan | Governor | January 1992 | November 1993 | SDP | Nigerian Third Republic |
Ibrahim Dada | Administrator | 9 December 1993 | 22 August 1996 | Military | |
Victor Ozodinobi | Administrator | 22 August 1996 | 1997 | Military | |
Augustine Aniebo[6] | Administrator | 1997 | August 1998 | Military | |
Lawal Haruna | Administrator | August 1998 | May 1999 | Military | |
Mala Kachalla[7] | Governor | 29 May 1999 | 29 May 2003 | APP | Nigerian Fourth Republic |
Ali Modu Sheriff[8] | Governor | 29 May 2003 | 29 May 2011 | ANPP | |
Kashim Shettima[9] | Governor | 29 May 2011 | 29 May 2019 | APC | |
Babagana Umara Zulum[10][11][12][13] | Governor | 29 May 2019 | Incumbent | APC |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Late Brigadier Musa Usman: First Governor of North Eastern Nigeria". Neptune Prime. 2020-04-12. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
- ^ Afisunlu, Feyi (2013-05-08). "Former Governor Of Borno State, Mustapha Amin is dead". Daily Post Nigeria. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
- ^ Premium Times Nigeria https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/322032-remembering-idiagbon-the-no-nonsense-military-general-who-ran-nigeria-with-buhari.html?tztc=1. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
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- ^ "Governor Ali Modu Sheriff of Borno State". Nigeria Governors Forum. Archived from the original on August 23, 2011. Retrieved December 13, 2009.
- ^ "Public offices held by Kashim Shettima in Nigeria". Citizen Science Nigeria. 1966-09-02. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
- ^ "APC's Zulum wins Borno Gov poll with 1,175,440 votes". Punch Newspapers. 11 March 2019. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
- ^ Abubakar, Uthman; Omirin, Olatunji (2019-03-11). "JUST IN: Zulum wins Borno governorship election". Daily Trust. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
- ^ "Babagana Umara Zulum". guardian.ng. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
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