President Muhammadu Buhari, his vice, Yemi Osinbajo, 29 governors and their deputies will on Wednesday (today) take their oath of office.
While Buhari and Osinbajo would be sworn-in today at the Eagle Square in Abuja for a second term, other governors-elect would be sworn-in in their respective states.
POWEROFNAIJA understands that 12 governors will be taking the oath of office for the first time, while 17 others will be taking it for a second time after winning their second term elections.
The results of the election showed that only APC and PDP produced governors out of the over 90 political parties.
The first term governors include; Umaru Fintiri (PDP, Adamawa), Prof. Babagana Zulum (APC, Borno), Bala Mohammed (PDP, Bauchi), Inuwa Yahaya (APC, Gombe), Emeka Ihedioha (PDP, Imo), Babajide Sanwo-Olu APC, Lagos), Dapo Abiodun (APC, Ogun), Seyi Makinde (PDP, Oyo), Abdulrazaq AbdulRahman (APC, Kwara), Engr. Abdullahi Sule (APC, Nasarawa), Mai-Mala Buni (APC, Yobe) and Bello Mutawalle (PDP, Zamfara).
Returning governors who would be sworn in today include; Okezie Ikpeazu (PDP, Abia), David Umahi (PDP, Ebonyi), Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (PDP, Enugu), Udom Emmanuel (PDP, Akwa Ibom), Ben Ayade (PDP, Cross River), Ifeanyi Okowa (PDP, Delta), Nyesom Wike (PDP, Rivers), Samuel Ortom (PDP, Benue), Simon Lalong (APC, Plateau), Abubakar Bello (APC, Niger), Darius Ishaku (PDP, Taraba), Nasir el-Rufai (APC, Kaduna), Abdullahi Umar Ganduje (APC, Kano), Aminu Masari (APC, Katsina), Abubakar Bagudu (APC, Kebbi), Mohammed Badaru Abubakar (APC, Jigawa) and Aminu Tambuwal (PDP, Sokoto).
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has 15 states, while the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has 14 out of the 29 where governorship election held.
