2023 Yobe State gubernatorial election

The 2023 Yobe State gubernatorial election took place on 18 March 2023, to elect the Governor of Yobe State, concurrent with elections to the Yobe State House of Assembly as well as twenty-seven other gubernatorial elections and elections to all other state houses of assembly. The election—which was postponed from its original 11 March date—was held three weeks after the presidential election and National Assembly elections. Incumbent APC Governor Mai Mala Buni won re-election to a second term.

2023 Yobe State gubernatorial election
18 March 2023
Registered1,485,146
 
Nominee Mai Mala Buni Sharif Abdullahi
Party APC PDP
Running mate Idi Barde Gubana Abubakar Bashir Sadiq
Governor before election

Mai Mala Buni
APC

 Elected Governor

Mai Mala Buni
APC

The primaries, scheduled for between 4 April and 9 June 2022, resulted in Buni being renominated by the All Progressives Congress unopposed on 26 May while the Peoples Democratic Party nominated Sharif Abdullahi—former Bade Local Government Chairman—on 25 May.

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