List of governors of Abia State

This is a list of the administrators and governors of Abia State, Nigeria, which was created on 1991-08-27, when it was split from Imo State.

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Name !Title !Took office !Left office !Party !width="40%"\|Notes
-valign="top" \|Frank Ajobena{{cite web \|url=http://rulers.org/nigastat.html \|title=Nigerian states \|accessdate=2008-01-29 \|work= Rulers.org}} \|Military Administrator* \|August 28, 1991 \|January, 1992 \|None \|
-valign="top" \|Ogbonnaya Onu{{cite news\|url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/304165-analysis-how-science-and-technology-ministry-fared-under-ogbonnaya-onu-in-three-years.html\|title=ANALYSIS: How science and technology ministry fared under Ogbonnaya Onu in three years\|last1=Ugbede\|first1=Lois\|date=January 4, 2019\|access-date=January 29, 2019\|agency=Premium Times}} \|Executive Governor \|January, 1992 \|November, 1993 \|NRC \|
-valign="top" \|Chinyere Ike Nwosu \| Military Administrator* \|December 9, 1993 \|September 14, 1994 \| None \|
-valign="top" \|Temi Ejoor \|Military Administrator* \|September 14, 1994 \|August 22, 1996 \| None \|
-valign="top" \|Moses Fasanya \|Military Administrator* \|August 22, 1996 \|August, 1998 \| None \|
-valign="top" \|Anthony Obi \|Military Administrator* \|August, 1998 \|May 29, 1999 \| None \|
-valign="top" \|Orji Uzor Kalu \|Executive Governor \|May 29, 1999 \|May 29, 2007 \|PDP, PPA \|Elected on PDP platform, switched to Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA).
-valign="top" \|Theodore A. Orji \|Executive Governor \|May 29, 2007 \|May 29, 2015 \|PPA \|
-valign="top" \|Okezie Ikpeazu{{cite web\|url=http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/03/abia-orjis-shoes-are-big-but-ill-run-faster-ikpeazu/\|title=Abia: Orji's shoes are big but I'll run faster — Ikpeazu\|date=2 March 2015\|publisher= Vanguard Newspapers\|access-date=2015-04-18}}{{cite web\|url=http://dailypost.ng/2015/04/09/april-11-polls-apga-faction-adopts-okezie-ikpeazu-for-governor/\|title=APGA Faction Adopts Okezie Ikpeazu for Governor\|publisher=Daily Post\|date=2015-04-07\|access-date=2015-04-18}} \|Executive Governor \|May 29, 2015 \|May 29, 2023 \|PDP \|
Alex Chioma Otti{{cite web\|title=Otti wins Gubertorial ticket in Abia \|url=http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/otti-wins-apga-gubernatorial-ticket-in-abia/196225/ \|publisher=THISDAY . He is believed to have won the April 2015 gubernatorial elections, but was manipulated against him. LIVE \|accessdate=11 December 2014 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141209033330/http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/otti-wins-apga-gubernatorial-ticket-in-abia/196225/ \|archivedate=9 December 2014 }} \|Executive Governor \|May 29, 2023 \|Incumbent \|LP \|

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Name

!Title

!Took office

!Left office

!Party

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|Frank Ajobena{{cite web |url=http://rulers.org/nigastat.html |title=Nigerian states |accessdate=2008-01-29 |work= Rulers.org}}

|Military Administrator*

|August 28, 1991

|January, 1992

|None

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|Ogbonnaya Onu{{cite news|url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/304165-analysis-how-science-and-technology-ministry-fared-under-ogbonnaya-onu-in-three-years.html|title=ANALYSIS: How science and technology ministry fared under Ogbonnaya Onu in three years|last1=Ugbede|first1=Lois|date=January 4, 2019|access-date=January 29, 2019|agency=Premium Times}}

|Executive Governor

|January, 1992

|November, 1993

|NRC

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|Chinyere Ike Nwosu

| Military Administrator*

|December 9, 1993

|September 14, 1994

| None

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|Temi Ejoor

|Military Administrator*

|September 14, 1994

|August 22, 1996

| None

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|Moses Fasanya

|Military Administrator*

|August 22, 1996

|August, 1998

| None

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|Anthony Obi

|Military Administrator*

|August, 1998

|May 29, 1999

| None

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|Orji Uzor Kalu

|Executive Governor

|May 29, 1999

|May 29, 2007

|PDP, PPA

|Elected on PDP platform, switched to Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA).

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|Theodore A. Orji

|Executive Governor

|May 29, 2007

|May 29, 2015

|PPA

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|Okezie Ikpeazu{{cite web|url=http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/03/abia-orjis-shoes-are-big-but-ill-run-faster-ikpeazu/|title=Abia: Orji's shoes are big but I'll run faster — Ikpeazu|date=2 March 2015|publisher= Vanguard Newspapers|access-date=2015-04-18}}{{cite web|url=http://dailypost.ng/2015/04/09/april-11-polls-apga-faction-adopts-okezie-ikpeazu-for-governor/|title=APGA Faction Adopts Okezie Ikpeazu for Governor|publisher=Daily Post|date=2015-04-07|access-date=2015-04-18}}

|Executive Governor

|May 29, 2015

|May 29, 2023

|PDP

Alex Chioma Otti{{cite web|title=Otti wins Gubertorial ticket in Abia |url=http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/otti-wins-apga-gubernatorial-ticket-in-abia/196225/ |publisher=THISDAY . He is believed to have won the April 2015 gubernatorial elections, but was manipulated against him. LIVE |accessdate=11 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141209033330/http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/otti-wins-apga-gubernatorial-ticket-in-abia/196225/ |archivedate=9 December 2014 }}

|Executive Governor

|May 29, 2023

|Incumbent

|LP

* Military administrators appointed by the ruling dictators of their respective times.

References

{{cite web

|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Nigeria_federal_states.htm

|title=Nigerian Federal States

|publisher=WorldStatesmen

|accessdate=2009-11-30}}

Abia

Governors

List of governors of Abia State

See also

References