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Vice President of Nigeria

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Vice President of Nigeria
position
obere ụdị nkevice president Dezie
Oge/afọ mmalite16 Jenụwarị 1966 Dezie
ụlọ ọrụ gọọmentịAbuja Dezie
officeholderKashim Shettima Dezie
mba/obodoNaijiria Dezie
Nwe ikikeNaijiria Dezie
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo n'oge nke President Mohammadu Buhari
Vice President n'oge nke President Goodluck Jonathan
Vice President Goodluck Jonathan n'oge nke President Umaru Yaradua

Onye Vice President of Nigeria bu onye di soto onye ishi Naigeria.

List of vice presidents

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No. Portrait Name

(birth–death)

Took office Left office Political party Head of State
1 Brigadier

Babafemi Ogundipe (1924–1971)

16 January 1966 29 July 1966

(deposed.)

Federal Military Government Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi
2 Vice Admiral

Joseph Edet Akinwale Wey (1918–1991)

1 August 1966 29 July 1975

(deposed.)

Federal Military Government General Yakubu Gowon
3 Lieutenant General

Olusegun Obasanjo (born 1937)

29 July 1975 13 February 1976

(Became Head of State after the assassination of Murtala)

Federal Military Government General Murtala Muhammed
4 Major General

Shehu Musa Yar'Adua (1943–1997)

13 February 1976 30 September 1979

(Handed over to civilian government)

Federal Military Government General Olusegun Obasanjo
5 Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme

(1932–2017)

1 October 1979 31 December 1983

(deposed.)

National Party of Nigeria Alhaji Shehu Shagari
6 Major General

Tunde Idiagbon (1943–1999)

31 December 1983 27 August 1985

(deposed.)

Supreme Military Council Major General Muhammadu Buhari
7 Commodore

Ebitu Ukiwe (born 1940)

27 August 1985 October 1986

(resigned.)

Armed Forces Ruling Council General Ibrahim Babangida
8 Admiral

Augustus Aikhomu (1939–2011)

October 1986 26 August 1993

(Handed over to interim government)

Armed Forces Ruling Council
9 Lieutenant General

Donaldson Oladipo Diya (1944–2023)

17 November 1993 21 December 1997

(Deposed and arrested for attempted coup)

Provisional Ruling Council General Sani Abacha
10 Vice Admiral

Michael Akhigbe (1946–2013)

9 June 1998 29 May 1999

(Handed over to civilian government)

Provisional Ruling Council General Abdulsalami Abubakar
11 Atiku Abubakar

(born 1946)

29 May 1999 29 May 2007 People's Democratic Party Chief Olusegun Obasanjo
12 Goodluck Jonathan

(born 1957)

29 May 2007 5 May 2010

(Became President after the death of Yar'Adua)

People's Democratic Party Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
13 Namadi Sambo

(born 1954)

19 May 2010 29 May 2015 People's Democratic Party Goodluck Jonathan
14 Yemi Osinbajo

(born 1957)

29 May 2015 29 May 2023 All Progressives Congress Muhammadu Buhari
15 Kashim Shettima

(born 1966)

29 May 2023 Incumbent All Progressives Congress Bola Tinubu

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