List of governors of Gombe State explained

This is a list of administrators and governors of Gombe State, Nigeria. Gombe State was formed on 1 October 1996 from part of the old Bauchi State by the Sani Abacha military government.

Name	Title	Took office	Left office	Party	Notes
Group Captain Joseph Orji	Administrator	7 Oct 1996	Aug 1998	Military
Connel M I Bawa	Administrator	Aug 1998	29 May 1999	Military
Abubakar Habu Hashidu	Governor	29 May 1999	29 May 2003	APP
Mohammed Danjuma Goje^[1] ^[2]	Governor	29 May 2003	May 2011	PDP
Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo^[3]	Governor	May 2011	29 May 2019	PDP
Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya^[4] ^[5]	Governor	May 2019	Incumbent	APC

See also

• States of Nigeria
• List of state governors of Nigeria

Sources

• Web site: Nigerian Federal States . WorldStatesmen . 2009-11-30.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gombe: When the past haunts the present - The Nation Newspaper . 2022-03-18 . thenationonlineng.net.
2. Web site: 2022-05-24 . I'm still in APC, didn't partake in PDP primary - Goje . 2022-06-14 . Punch Newspapers . en-US.
3. Web site: Dankwambo returns to Gombe, 3 years after . Daily Trust . 2022-04-03 . 2023-06-10.
4. Web site: 2021-12-18. Governor Yahaya of Gombe signs N154.9bn 2022 budget into law. 2022-02-22. The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. en-US.
5. Web site: Gombe 2023: Inuwa's journey of no return - The Nation Newspaper . 2022-03-01 . thenationonlineng.net.