List of Governors of Borno State
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Borno State
Borno State
Borno State is a state in north-eastern Nigeria. Its capital is Maiduguri. The state was formed in 1976 from the split of the North-Eastern State...
was formed on 3 February 1976 when North-Eastern State
North-Eastern State
North-Eastern State is a former administrative division of Nigeria. It was created on 27 May 1967 from parts of the Northern Region. It's capital was the city of Maiduguri.On 3 February 1976 it was divided into three states - Bauchi, Borno, and Gongola...
was divided into Bauchi
Bauchi State
Bauchi State is a State in northern Nigeria. Its capital is the city of Bauchi. The state was formed in 1976 when the former North-Eastern State was broken up...
, Borno, and Gongola
Gongola State
Gongola State is a former administrative division of Nigeria. It was created on 3 February 1976 from Adamawa and Sardauna Provinces of North-Eastern State, together with the Wukari Division of the then Benue-Plateau State; it existed until 27 August 1991, when it was divided into two states -...
states.
| Name | Title | Took Office | Left Office | Party | Notes |
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| Musa Usman | Governor | 28 May 1967 | July 1975 | (Military) | North-Eastern State North-Eastern State North-Eastern State is a former administrative division of Nigeria. It was created on 27 May 1967 from parts of the Northern Region. It's capital was the city of Maiduguri.On 3 February 1976 it was divided into three states - Bauchi, Borno, and Gongola... |
| Muhammadu Buhari Muhammadu Buhari Muhammadu Buhari was a military ruler of Nigeria and an unsuccessful candidate for president in the 2003, 2007 and 2011 presidential elections... |
Governor | July 1975 | March 1976 | (Military) | North-Eastern State North-Eastern State North-Eastern State is a former administrative division of Nigeria. It was created on 27 May 1967 from parts of the Northern Region. It's capital was the city of Maiduguri.On 3 February 1976 it was divided into three states - Bauchi, Borno, and Gongola... |
| Group Captain Mustapha A. Amin Mustapha Amin Group Captain Mustapha A. Amin was the first governor of Borno State, Nigeria from March 1976 to July 1978 during the military regime of General Olusegun Obasanjo, after that state had been formed when North-Eastern State was divided into Bauchi, Borno, and Gongola states.Amin was a... |
Governor | March 1976 | July 1978 | (Military) | First governor of Borno State |
| Tunde Idiagbon Tunde Idiagbon Babatunde "Tunde" Idiagbon was a Nigerian soldier and a one-time member of the Nigerian military juntas of 1966–1979 and 1983-1998 Nigerian military junta which ruled that country. He served as a military administrator of Borno State in the 1970s in the military administration of Olusegun Obasanjo... |
Governor | July 1978 | October 1979 | (Military) | |
| Mohammed Goni Mohammed Goni Alhaji Mohammed Goni is a retired civil servant who was Governor of Borno State, Nigeria in the Nigerian Second Republic.-Background:Mohammed Goni was born in 1942 in Kareto, Mobbar Local Government Area, Borno State.... |
Governor | October 1979 | October 1983 | GNPP Greater Nigerian People's Party The Great Nigeria People's Party was one of the six major political parties that fielded candidates for elections in the Nigerian Second Republic. The party was formed by a splinter group from the Nigerian People's Party, the group was led by Waziri Ibrahim, a politician and businessman from Borno.... |
Nigerian Second Republic Nigerian Second Republic The Second Republic was the republican government of Nigeria between 1979 and 1983 governed by the second republican constitution.- Founding :... |
| Asheik Jarma Asheik Jarma Asheik Jarma was elected Governor of Borno State, Nigeria in October 1983, holding office briefly until the military coup on 31 December 1983 that brought General Mohammadu Buhari to power.He was elected on the Nigerian Peoples Party platform.... |
Governor | 1 October 1983 | 31 December 1983 | NPP Nigerian People's Party The Nigerian Peoples Party was one of the major political parties that contested elections in the Nigerian Second Republic. The party was made up of three major groups: the Lagos Progressives, Club 19, and the Nigerian Council of Understanding.... |
Nigerian Second Republic Nigerian Second Republic The Second Republic was the republican government of Nigeria between 1979 and 1983 governed by the second republican constitution.- Founding :... |
| Abubakar Waziri Abubakar Waziri Major General Abubakar Waziri was the Military Governor of Bendel State in Nigeria from July 1978 to September 1979 during the transitional period of military to civilian government under General Olusegun Obasanjo.... |
Governor | January 1984 | August 1985 | (Military) | |
| Abdulmumini Aminu Abdulmumini Aminu Colonel Abdulmumini Aminu was military governor of Borno State, Nigeria between August 1985 and December 1987 during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida.... |
Governor | August 1985 | December 1987 | (Military) | |
| Abdul One Mohammed Abdul One Mohammed Major-General Abdul One Mohammed was military governor of Borno State, Nigeria, and later was leader of the ECOMOG peacekeeping force in Liberia and Sierra Leone.... |
Governor | December 1987 | December 1989 | (Military) | |
| Mohammed Maina Mohammed Maina Lt. Colonel Mohammed Maina was governor of Borno State, Nigeria during the military administrations of Generals Ibrahim Babangida.Maina was a member of the Lagos Zone military tribunal set up in 1984 by the administration of General Muhammadu Buhari to try public officers from the Shehu Shagari era... |
Governor | December 1989 | June 1990 | (Military) | |
| Mohammed Buba Marwa Mohammed Buba Marwa Mohammed Buba Marwa is a retired Nigerian army officer who served as governor of Borno State, and then Lagos State during the military administrations of Generals Ibrahim Babangida and Sani Abacha.-Birth and education:... |
Governor | June 1990 | January 1992 | (Military) | |
| Maina Maaji Lawan Maina Maaji Lawan Maina Maaji Lawan is a Nigerian politician and former governor of Borno State in Nigeria who is now a member of the Senate for the Borno North constituency.-Background:... |
Governor | January 1992 | November 1993 | SDP Social Democratic Party (Nigeria) The Social Democratic Party of Nigeria, popularly known as SDP, was a political party created to encompass the ideals of a center left political organization. It was one of the products of a democracy project by former President Ibrahim Babangida to have two detribalized political parties, one a... |
Nigerian Third Republic Nigerian Third Republic The Third Republic was the planned republican government of Nigeria in 1993 which was to be governed by the Third Republican constitution.- Founding :... |
| Ibrahim Dada Ibrahim Dada Air Commodore Ibrahim Dada was Administrator of Borno State, Nigeria from December 1993 to August 1996 during the military administration of General Sani Abacha.He was a Group Captain when appointed governor.... |
Administrator | 9 December 1993 | 22 August 1996 | (Military) | |
| Victor Ozodinobi Victor Ozodinobi Colonel Victor Afamefula Ozodinobi was appointed military governor of Borno State in August 1996 during the military regime of General Sani Abacha.He stopped the practice of using troops to perform farm work, prevalent both before and after his regime.... |
Administrator | 22 August 1996 | 1997 | (Military) | |
| Augustine Aniebo Augustine Aniebo Colonel Augustine Aniebo was the Military Administrator of Borno State, Nigeria during the military regime of General Sani Abacha.He then became Administrator of Kogi State, Nigeria from August 1998 to 29 May 1999 during the transitional regime of General Abdulsalami Abubakar, handing over to the... |
Administrator | 1997 | August 1998 | (Military) | |
| Lawal Haruna Lawal Haruna Wing Commander Lawal Ningi Haruna was military governor of Borno State, Nigeria from August 1998 to May 1999 during the transitional regime of General Abdulsalami Abubakar, handing over to the elected civilian governor Mala Kachalla in May 1999.... |
Administrator | August 1998 | May 1999 | (Military) | |
| Mala Kachalla Mala Kachalla Mala Kachalla was governor of Borno State in Nigeria from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2003.-Borno Governor:Mala Kachalla was elected as governor of Borno State in April 1999, running for the All People's Party , which was renamed All Nigeria People's Party due to a factional split... |
Governor | 29 May 1999 | 29 May 2003 | APP; ANPP All Nigeria People's Party The All Nigeria Peoples Party is a conservative political party in Nigeria. At the last legislative elections , the party won 27.0% of the popular vote and 92 out of 360 seats in the House of Representatives and 27 out of 109 seats in the Senate... |
Nigerian Fourth Republic Nigerian Fourth Republic The Fourth Republic is the republican government of Nigeria. Since 1999 it has governed the country according to the fourth republican constitution. It was in many ways a revival of the Second Republic, which was in place between 1979 and 1983 and suffers many of the same problems, such as multiple... |
| Ali Modu Sheriff Ali Modu Sheriff Ali Modu Sheriff was elected governor of Borno State in Nigeria in April 2003. He is a member of the All Nigeria People's Party .Ali Sheriff was the first governor in Borno state to win the seat two consecutive times.-Background:... |
Governor | 29 May 2003 | Present | ANPP All Nigeria People's Party The All Nigeria Peoples Party is a conservative political party in Nigeria. At the last legislative elections , the party won 27.0% of the popular vote and 92 out of 360 seats in the House of Representatives and 27 out of 109 seats in the Senate... |