State or region
Governor
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Elected
- Exact method
- Directly elected state-wide for a four-year term, renewable once (Constitution of Nigeria 1999, ss. 176-182); the Governor is head of the state executive.
- Seats
- 1
Who holds it now
- Lucky Aiyedatiwa since February 2025 Report Source: en.wikipedia.org, checked (+1 more)
Next vote
- Must be held by January 2029 (no fixed date) General election
Sources
- nigerian-constitution.com · checked Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (ss. 176-182 governor, ss. 90-92 House of Assembly), read 2026-10-12: structure of the office. For: Governor
- en.wikipedia.org · checked Wikipedia, Rotimi Akeredolu (Akeredolu and deputy Aiyedatiwa sworn in for the second term on 24 February 2021) and 2024 Ondo State gubernatorial election (Aiyedatiwa elected to a full term, 16 Nov 2024), read 2026-10-12, with Constitution of Nigeria 1999 s. 180(2) (four-year term from the oath): Aiyedatiwa's current elected mandate began 2025-02-24 when the 2021 term expired; his 2023-12-27 succession after Akeredolu's death was a separate, completed mandate. Corrected start_date from 2023-12-27. Fallback: Wikipedia, because the Ondo State Government site does not state the inauguration date. For: Lucky Aiyedatiwa, current term
- wikidata.org · checked Wikidata Q105725595 (head of government of the state, no end date) cross-checked against Wikipedia list of Nigerian state governors, read 2026-10-12: current governor. Fallback: Wikidata, because official state government sites were not fetched. Start date is the inauguration date of the current mandate (29 May for the 2019/2023 cohort). For: Lucky Aiyedatiwa, current term
- nigerian-constitution.com · checked Constitution of Nigeria 1999 s. 178(2) and term start dates from news reports, read 2026-10-12: off-cycle governorship; date derived as the last legal day, not announced. For: General election, January 25, 2029