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 (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 2011
PDP
Lawal Muhammad Zayyana Acting Governor
Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko
Governor
28 May 2011
28 May 2015
APC
Aminu Waziri Tambuwal
Governor
28 May 2015
29 May 2023
APC/PDP
Ahmad Aliyu
Governor
29 May 2023
Incumbent
APC
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