Compiled by Timothy Edaki

2019 is just the draw of a curtain away, the bells are already tolling hard and varied chants and campaign screams, slogans have rented the air. It is the time when the populace would go to exercise their franchise and put someone who has their mandate and support into government.

2019 looks beckoningly upon us, waiting to burst in all its glory and while we are at it, the political empire of our great country is charged with individuals rising to clarion calls, deciding to become the panacea to their state’s malady. We have witnessed a lot of political defections, banters and all these are just the genesis of what to expect in the coming year.

We therefore thought it wise, imperative and highly quintessential to bring you the list of confirmed governorship aspirants of the two prominent parties in Nigeria; the All Progressive Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party. Although, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that 7^th of October is the final day for declaration of party’s candidates, some state’s political parties are still defaulting.

Here are officially confirmed candidates that will go head to head against each other in February 2019:

ABIA STATE

APC: Uche Ogah

PDP: Okezie Ikpeazu

ADAWAWA STATE

APC:  

PDP: Alhaji Ahmadu Fintiri

AKWA-IBOM STATE

APC: Nsima Ekere 

PDP: Emmanuel Udom

BAUCHI STATE

APC: Mohammad Abubakar

PDP: Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed

BAYELSA STATE                

BENUE STATE

APC: Emmanuel Jime

PDP: Samuel Ortom

BORNO STATE       

PDP: Mohammed Alkali

CROSS RIVER STATE

APC: John Owan-Enoh

PDP: Ben Ayade

DELTA STATE

APC: Great Ogboru

PDP: Ifeanyi Okowa

EBONYI STATE

APC: Sonni Ogbuoji

PDP: Chief David Umahi

ENUGU STATE

APC: Ayogu Eze

PDP: Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi

GOMBE STATE                   

IMO STATE             

APC: Hope Uzodinma

PDP: Emeka Ihedioha

JIGAWA STATE

APC: Mohammad Badaru

PDP: Aminu Ringim

KADUNA STATE

APC: Nasir El-Rufai

PDP: Isa Ashiru

KANO STATE

APC: Abdullahi Umar Ganduje

PDP: Abba Kabir Yusuf

KATSINA STATE

APC: Aminu Masari

PDP: Lado Danmarke

KEBBI STATE

APC: Abubakar Atiku Bagudu

PDP: Isa Galaudu

KOGI STATE

APC: Yahaya Bello

PDP:

KWARA STATE

APC: Kayode Abdul Wahab

PDP: Razak Atunwa

LAGOS STATE

PDP: Jimi Agbaje

APC: Babajide Sanwo-Olu

NASAWARA STATE

APC: Abdullahi Sule

PDP: David Ombugadu

NIGER STATE

APC: Abubakar Bello

PDP: Umar Nasko

OGUN STATE

APC: Dapo Abiodun

PDP: Oladipupo Adebutu

OYO STATE

APC: Adedayo Adelabu

PDP: Seyi Makinde

PLATEAU STATE

APC: Simon Lalong

PDP: Jeremiah Useni

RIVERS STATE

APC: Tonye Cole

PDP: Nyesom Wike

SOKOTO STATE

APC: Ahmad Aliyu

PDP: Manir Dan-Iya

TARABA STATE

APC: Sani Danladi

PDP: Ishaku Darius

YOBE STATE

APC: Mai Mala Buni

ZAMFARA STATE                                      

APC:

PDP: Alhaji Bello Matawallen-Maradun