List of Governors of Kwara State
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Kwara State
Kwara State
Kwara State is one of the 36 states of Nigeria. Its capital is Ilorin. The primary ethnic group of Kwara State is Yoruba, with significant Nupe, Bariba and Fulani minorities.- History :...
, Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
was formed in 1967-05-27 when the Northern region
Northern Region, Nigeria
The Northern Region was one of Nigeria's federal divisions. It was created before independence in 1960, with its capital at Kaduna. In 1962 it acquired the territory of the British Northern Cameroons, who had voted to become part of Nigeria....
was split into Benue-Plateau
Benue-Plateau State
Benue-Plateau State is a former administrative division of Nigeria. It was created on 27 May 1967 from parts of the Northern Region and existed until 3 February 1976, when it was divided into two states - Benue and Plateau...
, Kano
Kano State
Kano State is a state located in North-Western Nigeria. Created on May 27, 1967 from part of the Northern Region, Kano state borders Katsina State to the north-west, Jigawa State to the north-east, Bauchi State to the south-east and Kaduna State to the south-west...
, Kwara , North-Central, North-Eastern
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...
and North-Western
North-Western State
North-Western State is a former administrative division of Nigeria. It was created on 27 May 1967 from parts of the Northern Region and existed until 3 February 1976, when it was divided into two states - Niger and Sokoto. The city of Sokoto was the capital of North-Western State.-North-Western...
states;
| Name | Title | Took Office | Left Office | Party | Notes |
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| David Bamigboye David Bamigboye Brigadier General Femi David Bamigboye was the first Military Governor of Kwara State from May 1967 to July 1975, after it had been split from the old Northern Region during the military regime of General Yakubu Gowon.... |
Governor | 28 May 1967 | July 1975 | Military | |
| Ibrahim Taiwo Ibrahim Taiwo Colonel Ibrahim Taiwo was a Military Governor of Kwara State from July 1975 to February 1976 during the military regime of General Murtala Mohammed.He assisted in establishment of the University of Ilorin, which was founded by decree August, 1975.... |
Governor | Jul 1975 | 13 Feb 1976 | Military | |
| George Agbazika Innih | Governor | March 1976 | July 1978 | Military | |
| Sunday Ifere Sunday Ifere Sunday Orinya Ifere was a Nigerian army officer who was the Military Governor of Kwara State between July 1978 and October 1979.As a lieutenant, in the unsuccessful Nigerian Counter-Coup of 1966 he was involved in fighting in Kaduna, serving in the same squadron as Ibrahim Babangida, who later... |
Governor | July 1978 | October 1979 | Military | |
| Adamu Atta Adamu Atta Alhaji Adamu Atta was the first civilian governor of the Nigerian Kwara State during the Second Republic, representing the National Party of Nigeria .-Background:Adamu Atta was an indigene of Ebira land, in present Kogi State... |
Governor | October 1979 | October 1983 | NPN | |
| Cornelius Olatungi Adebayo Cornelius Adebayo Cornelius Olatunji Adebayo is a former Senator of Nigeria, who became a state governor, and later was head of the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Communications.-Background:Cornelius Olatunji Adebayo was born on February 24, 1941 in Igbaja in Kwara State... |
Governor | October 1983 | December 1983 | NPN | |
| Salaudeen Latinwo Salaudeen Latinwo Salaudeen Latinwo was part of the first set of people to be recruited into the Nigerian Air Force in 1963, under the watchful eyes of the first Nigerian Chief of Air Staff, Colonel Gerhard Kahtz . The Nigerian Air Force was formally established in 1964... |
Governor | January 1984 | August 1985 | Military | |
| Mohammed Ndatsu Umaru Mohammed Ndatsu Umaru Wing Commander Mohammed Ndatsu Umaru was a Military Governor of Kwara State, Nigeria from August 1985 to December 1987, and then of Kano State from December 1987 to July 1988 during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida.... |
Governor | August 1985 | December 1987 | Military | |
| Ahmed Abdullahi Ahmed Abdullahi Brigadier General Ahmed Abdullahi was Military Administrator of Kwara State, Nigeria between December 1987 and July 1988 during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida.-Birth and education:... |
Governor | December 1987 | July 1988 | Military | |
| Ibrahim Alkali Ibrahim Alkali Air Commodore Ibrahim Alkali was a Military Governor of Kwara State from July 1988 to December 1989 during the military regime of Major General Ibrahim Babangida.He attended Barewa College, Zaria.... |
Governor | July 1988 | December 1989 | Military | |
| Alwali Kazir Alwali Kazir Major General Alwali Kazir was a Military Governor of Kwara State, Nigeria from December 1989 to January 1992 during the military regime of Major General Ibrahim Babangida, handing over to the elected civilian governor Shaaba Lafiaji at the start of the Nigerian Third Republic.Kwara state has a... |
Governor | December 1989 | January 1992 | Military | |
| Shaaba Lafiaji Shaaba Lafiaji Alhaji Sha'aba Lafiagi was elected governor of Kwara State in January 1992 on the Social Democratic Party platform, and was removed from office by the administration of General Sani Abacha in November 1993.... |
Governor | January 1992 | November 1993 | SDP | |
| Mustapha Ismail Mustapha Ismail Police Commissioner Mustapha Ismail was Military Administrator of Kwara State from December 1993 to September 1994, and was later Military Administrator of Adamawa State between August 1996 and August 1998 during the military regime of General Sani Abacha.... |
Administrator | 9 Dec 1993 | 14 Sep 1994 | Military | |
| Baba Adamu Iyam Baba Adamu Iyam Baba Adamu Iyam was a Nigerian soldier who served as Military Administrator of Kwara State between September 1994 and August 1996, and then Edo State from August 1996 to August 1998, during the military regime of General Sani Abacha.... |
Administrator | 14 September 1994 | 22 August 1996 | Military | |
| Peter A.M. Ogar Peter Ogar Colonel Peter A.M. Ogar was Military Administrator of Kwara State, Nigeria between August 1996 and August 1998 during the military regime of General Sani Abacha.... |
Administrator | 22 August 1996 | August 1998 | Military | |
| Rasheed Shekoni Rasheed Shekoni Colonel Rasheed Shekoni was a Military Administrator of Jigawa State from August 1996 to August 1998 during the military regime of General Sani Abacha, and then of Kwara State from August 1998 to May 1999 during the transitional regime of General Abdulsalami Abubakar.He built the Rasheed Shekoni... |
Administrator | August 1998 | 29 May 1999 | Military | |
| Mohammed Lawal Mohammed Lawal Rear Admiral Mohammed Alabi Lawal was a Nigerian naval officer who was military governor of Ogun State between December 1987 and August 1990 during the military administration of General Ibrahim Babangida... |
Executive Governor | 29 May 1999 | 29 May 2003 | ANPP | |
| Bukola Saraki Bukola Saraki Abubakar Bukola Saraki was elected governor of Kwara State, Nigeria in 29 May 2003, holding office for two terms. In the April 2011 elections, he was elected Senator for Kwara Central, succeeding his sister, Gbemisola Saraki-Forowa.... |
Executive Governor | 29 May 2003 | 29 May 2011 | PDP | |
| Abdulfatah Ahmed Abdulfatah Ahmed Abdulfatah Ahmed is a Nigerian banker and public servant who was elected Governor of Kwara State in the 26 April 2011 elections, running on the People's Democratic Party platform.-Background:... |
Executive Governor | 29 May 2011 | PDP |