Vice President of Nigeria
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Vice President of Nigeria
obere ụdị nke | vice president |
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Oge/afọ mmalite | 16 Jenụwarị 1966 |
ụlọ ọrụ gọọmentị | Abuja |
officeholder | Kashim Shettima |
mba/obodo | Naijiria |
Nwe ikike | Naijiria |
Onye Vice President of Nigeria bu onye di soto onye ishi Naigeria.
List of vice presidents
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]No. | Portrait | Name
(birth–death) |
Took office | Left office | Political party | Head of State |
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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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