List of Governors of Sokoto State
This is a list of administrators and Governors of Sokoto State, Nigeria, which was formed on 3 February 1976 when North-Western State was split into Niger and Sokoto states.
Name | Title | Took Office | Left Office | Party | Notes |
Alhaji Usman Faruk | Governor | 1967 | 1975 | Military | Commissioner of Police, Governor of Northwestern State |
Colonel Umaru Mohammed | Governor | March 1976 | July 1978 | Military | |
Lt. Colonel Gado Nasko | Governor | July 1978 | October 1979 | Military | |
Shehu Kangiwa | Governor | October 1979 | November 1981 | NPN | |
Garba Nadama | Governor | 1982 | December 1983 | NPN | |
Colonel Garba Duba | Governor | January 1984 | August 1985 | Military | |
Colonel Garba Mohammed | Governor | August 1985 | December 1987 | Military | |
Colonel Ahmed Muhammad Daku | Governor | December 1987 | August 1990 | Military | |
Colonel Bashir Salihi Magashi | Governor | August 1990 | January 1992 | Military | |
Malam Yahaya Abdulkarim | Governor | January 1992 | November 1993 | NRC | |
Colonel Yakubu Mu'azu | Administrator | 9 December 1993 | 22 August 1996 | Military | |
Navy Captain Rasheed Adisa Raji | Administrator | 22 August 1996 | August 1998 | Military | |
Group Captain Rufai Garba | Administrator | August 1998 | May 1999 | Military | |
Attahiru Bafarawa | Governor | 29 May 1999 | 29 May 2007 | APP; ANPP | |
Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko | Governor | 29 May 2007 | 11 April 2008 | PDP | |
Abdullahi Balarabe Salame | Acting Governor | 11 April 2008 | 28 May 2008 | - | |
Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko | Governor | 28 May 2008 | 28 May 2011 | PDP | |
Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko | Governor | 28 May 2011 | 28 May 2015 | APC | |
Aminu Waziri Tambuwal | Governor | 28 May 2015 | Incumbent | APC |