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.

Name	Title	Took office	Left office	Party	Notes
Frank Ajobena[1]	Military Administrator*	August 28, 1991	January, 1992	None
Ogbonnaya Onu[2]	Executive Governor	January, 1992	November, 1993	NRC
Chinyere Ike Nwosu	Military Administrator*	December 9, 1993	September 14, 1994	None
Temi Ejoor	Military Administrator*	September 14, 1994	August 22, 1996	None
Moses Fasanya	Military Administrator*	August 22, 1996	August, 1998	None
Anthony Obi	Military Administrator*	August, 1998	May 29, 1999	None
Orji Uzor Kalu	Executive Governor	May 29, 1999	May 29, 2007	PDP, PPA	Elected on PDP platform, switched to Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA).
Theodore A. Orji	Executive Governor	May 29, 2007	May 29, 2015	PPA
Okezie Ikpeazu[3][4]	Executive Governor	May 29, 2015	May 29, 2023	PDP
Alex Chioma Otti[5]	Executive Governor	May 29, 2023	Incumbent	LP

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

See also

• Governor of Abia State
• List of state governors of Nigeria

References

• "Nigerian Federal States". WorldStatesmen. Retrieved 2009-11-30.

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3. "Abia: Orji's shoes are big but I'll run faster — Ikpeazu". Vanguard Newspapers. 2 March 2015. Retrieved 2015-04-18.
4. "APGA Faction Adopts Okezie Ikpeazu for Governor". Daily Post. 2015-04-07. Retrieved 2015-04-18.
5. "Otti wins Gubertorial ticket in Abia". THISDAY . He is believed to have won the April 2015 gubernatorial elections, but was manipulated against him. LIVE. Archived from the original on 9 December 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2014.