This is a list of administrators and governors of Taraba State, Nigeria. Taraba State was created out of the former Gongola State on 27 August 1991 by the military government of General Ibrahim Babangida.
Name
Title
Took office
Left office
Party
Notes
Adeyemi Afolahan (born 1949)
Administrator
28 August 1991
2 January 1992
Military
Jolly Nyame (born 1955)
Governor
3 January 1992
17 November 1993
SDP
Yohanna Dickson (1950–2015)
Administrator
9 December 1993
22 August 1996
Military
Amen Edore Oyakhire (born 1945)
Administrator
22 August 1996
16 August 1998
Military
Aina Owoniyi
Administrator
16 August 1998
29 May 1999
Military
Jolly Nyame (born 1955)
Governor
29 May 1999
29 May 2007
PDP
Danbaba Suntai (1961–2017)
Governor
29 May 2007
29 May 2015
PDP
Became incapacitated on 25 October 2012 when a Cessna 208 Caravan he was flying from Jalingo to Yola with five of his aides crashed. Remained in office until the end of his second term on 29 May 2015.
Garba Umar
Acting Governor
14 November 2012
21 November 2014
PDP
Appointed deputy governor by Suntai on 5 October 2012, became acting governor following the incapacitation of Suntai. Removed from office by the supreme court on 21 November 2014 on account of the illegal impeachment of his predecessor as deputy governor.
Sani Danladi (born 1968)
Acting Governor
22 November 2014
29 May 2015
PDP
Reinstated as deputy governor by the supreme court, became acting governor and served out the remainder of Suntai's term.
Darius Ishaku (born 1954)
Governor
29 May 2015
29 May 2023
PDP
Ishaku won the 11 April 2015 gubernatorial election on the PDP platform and went on to win the rerun elections. He subsequently successfully defended his victory at the Supreme court which cleared any doubt of his victory.[1][2]
Agbu Kefas (born 1970)
Governor
29 May 2023
Incumbent
PDP
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