The 2019 governorship and House of Assembly took place on March 23rd across Nigeria with various persons elected into positions. Reports shows that there were supplementary elections in Benue, Kano, Sokoto, Bauchi among others on Saturday. The election produced 27 governors-elect with Rivers State’s governorship election undecided. Below is a full list of governors elected during the exercise (and other states were elections did not hold) as well as their parties:
Below is a list of the governors-elect:
1. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi – (PDP) Enugu State.
2. David Umahi – (PDP) Ebonyi State
3. Inuwa Yahaya (APC) Gombe State
4. Okezie Ikpeazu (PDP) Abia State
5. Abubakar Bello (APC) Niger State
6. Seyi Makinde (PDP) Oyo State
7. Emmanuel Udom (PDP) Akwa Ibom State
8. Prof. Ben Ayade (PDP) Cross River
9. MaiMala Buni (APC) Yobe State
10. Babajide Sanwo-Olu (APC) Lagos State
11. Dapo Abiodun (APC) Ogun
12. Ifeanyi Okowa (PDP) Delta.
13. Babagana Zulum (APC) Borno
14. Mallam Nasir El-Rufai (APC) Kaduna)
15. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha (PDP) Imo
16. Mohammed Badaru (APC) Jigawa
17. Aminu Masari (APC) Katsina
18. Atiku Bagudu (APC) Kebbi
19. Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq (APC) Kwara
20. Abdullahi Sule (APC) Nasarawa
21. Muktar Idris (APC) Zamfara
22. Darius Ishaku (PDP) Taraba
23. Samuel Ortom (PDP) Benue
24. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje (APC) Kano
25. Aminu Tambuwal (PDP) Sokoto
26. Simon Lalong (APC) Plateau
States were the governorship elections did not take place include:
27. Ekiti (APC) John Fayemi
28. Bayelsa (PDP) Seriake Dickson
39. Kogi (APC) Yahaya Bello
30. Osun (sitting governor, Gboyega Oyetola and PDP’s Ademola Adeleke are still in court)
31: Ondo (APC) Rotimi Akeredolu
32. Edo (APC) Godwin Obaseki
33. Adamawa (undecided)
34. Rivers (undecided)
35. Bauchi (undecided)