Àkójọ àwọn Gómìnà Ìpínlẹ̀ Sókótó

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)	Commisioner 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 (Air Force) 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 2015	PDP		-
Aminu Waziri Tambuwal	Governor	28 May 2015	-	PDP

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External links

Sokoto State Government Archived 2009-06-03 at the Wayback Machine.

References

"Nigerian Federal States". WorldStatesmen. Retrieved 2009-11-30.