List of governors of Taraba State

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

See also

• States of Nigeria
• List of state governors of Nigeria