Yobe has elected an opposition or APC governor at every election since 1999, through a governor's death in office and the Boko Haram insurgency. The results, the margins and the 2027 field.
Taraba elected a PDP governor at every election from 1999 to 2023, through a plane crash that left the state without an active governor, a tribunal ruling that briefly handed victory to "Mama Taraba", and a governor's jailing. Then the governor joined the APC.
Gombe has had four governors since 1999. One lost re-election, two served two PDP terms each, and the APC has held the state since 2019. In 2027 a three-time candidate leads the APC ticket and the PDP has no candidate at all.
Borno has never elected a PDP governor. Its elections since 1999 have been shaped by party splits, a candidate's assassination and Boko Haram, and they produced a Vice-President and the professor-governor Babagana Zulum.
Bauchi has voted out a sitting governor, swapped parties three times and in 2019 produced one of the tightest results in the country. Every governorship result since 1999, with the 2027 field.
Adamawa has had an election annulled, a governor impeached, a deputy installed by a court and, in 2023, a winner declared by an official with no power to do so. Every result since 1999, explained.
