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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 ...
Ahmad Aliyu Sokoto (born 1 January 1970) is a Nigerian politician who is the Governor of Sokoto State. He was a former commissioner and was the deputy governor of Sokoto State from 2015 until his resignation in 2018.
In 1999, Bafarawa was elected governor of Sokoto State on the platform of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), and was re-elected for the ANPP in 2003. [2] In March 2002, a Sharia court in Sokoto State freed a 35-year-old woman Safiya Hussaini, who had been sentenced to death [3] by stoning after being found guilty of adultery. Nigeria's ...
Pages in category "Governors of Sokoto State" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
Since its creation as a state in 1976 (from the bifurcation of the erstwhile North-Western State into Sokoto and Niger States, Sokoto state has been ruled by governors, most ex-military officers, who succeeded each another at short intervals. Sokoto, as a region, knows a longer history.
Alhaji Muhammadu Shehu Kangiwa was the first elected civilian governor of Sokoto State, Nigeria in the short-lived Nigerian Second Republic, holding office from October 1979 to November 1981. He represented the National Party of Nigeria (NPN). [1]
In March 1992, he was promoted to Director-General, Careers and Special Services, Governor's Office, Sokoto in March 1992. He was elected Deputy Governor of Sokoto State to Governor Attahiru Bafarawa in 1999, on the platform of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP). He was re-elected Deputy Governor for a second term in April 2003.
Aminu Waziri Tambuwal (born 10 January 1966) is a Nigerian lawyer and politician who has served as Senator for Sokoto South since 2023. He served as the governor of Sokoto State from 2015 to 2023. [1] [2] [3] He is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, and served as the 12th Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria from 2011 to ...