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Taraba Governorship Election

Planned Mundx Election Hub page for the taraba governorship election, scheduled for 6 February 2027.

Until Election Day · 6 February 2027

Election date
6 February 2027
Geography
Taraba · North East
INEC contest code
Statewide contest
Page status
Pre-election page; no results are published.

This page does not declare an election result. Only INEC declares official election results.

Election candidates

Candidates for Taraba

Provisional nominations

19 candidates are currently tracked for this contest. This provisional tracker may not yet reproduce every name displayed at the state INEC office; names and affiliations remain subject to correction or replacement.

19 tracked candidates · 19 parties
NowProvisional candidatesCandidate nominations and key dates
6 OctFinal candidate listConfirmed candidates and parties
Election dayLive Taraba countVotes, reporting coverage and checks
After declarationPermanent resultWinner, complete totals and LGA results
Accord logoAAccord

Jerome Nyameh

Action Alliance logoAAAction Alliance

Anas Muhammed

African Action Congress logoAACAfrican Action Congress

Magaji Bulus Gago

African Democratic Congress logoADCAfrican Democratic Congress

Abubakar Umar Tutare

Action Democratic Party logoADPAction Democratic Party

Abubakar Mustapha Hamman

All Progressives Congress logoAPCAll Progressives Congress

Agbu Kefas

Incumbent
All Progressives Grand Alliance logoAPGAAll Progressives Grand Alliance

Danjuma Usman Shidi

Allied Peoples Movement logoAPMAllied Peoples Movement

Bako Jonah

Action Peoples Party logoAPPAction Peoples Party

Henry Haniel Banti

Boot Party logoBPBoot Party

Kabiru Bala

Democratic Leadership Alliance logoDLADemocratic Leadership Alliance

Stephen Aboki Bayonga

Labour Party logoLPLabour Party

Nathan Sanda Jnr

Nigeria Democratic Congress logoNDCNigeria Democratic Congress

Mohammed Sani Yahya

New Nigeria Peoples Party logoNNPPNew Nigeria Peoples Party

Uba Sani Abdullahi

Peoples Democratic Party logoPDPPeoples Democratic Party

Emmanuel Bwacha

Peoples Redemption Party logoPRPPeoples Redemption Party

Josiah Wukari Wasa

Social Democratic Party logoSDPSocial Democratic Party

Yusuf Ali

Young Progressives Party logoYPPYoung Progressives Party

Hassan Abubakar Sa'ad

Zenith Labour Party logoZLPZenith Labour Party

Adamu Bello

Provisional. Withdrawals and replacements remain possible until 22 September 2026. Final list scheduled for 6 October 2026.

Last reviewed 1 September 2026 · Official INEC reference ↗

Statewide context

Taraba election geography

Incumbent candidate
Agbu Kefas
Local government areas
16
Wards
168
Polling units
3,597
2023 registered voters
2,022,374

State context

About the Taraba governorship election

The governor leads the state executive, implements state laws and public programmes, proposes the state budget and appoints commissioners subject to the constitutional role of the State House of Assembly.

In Taraba, this statewide contest spans 16 LGAs, 168 wards and 3,597 polling units. The 2023 register contained 2,022,374 voters. These figures provide context; the 2027 register may change before polling day.

Evidence and revisions

Sources and update history

Primary references

Revision history

  1. Published the provisional candidate tracker in party order with logos, election geography, 2023 baseline, sources and the permanent election lifecycle.
How this page will change

This permanent URL will move from provisional nominations to the final candidate list, live result reporting and the declared result. Mundx will record material substitutions, withdrawals and result corrections here. Until the complete official state list is independently verified, the count is labelled “currently tracked” rather than complete.

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