Following the inauguration of new administration on Monday, May 29, 18 governors have handovered to their predecessors.
The governors that left office yesterday after completing their second terms are . The governors thatMohammed Badaru Abubakar (Jigawa), Nasir El-Rufai (Kaduna), Abdullahi Ganduje (Kano), Aminu Bello Masari (Katsina), Atiku Abubakar Bagudu (Kebbi), Abubakar Bello (Niger), Simon Lalong (Plateau), Nyesom Wike (Rivers), Aminu Tambuwal (Sokoto) and Darius Ishaku (Taraba).
Others are Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia), Udom Emmanuel (Akwa Ibom), Samuel Ortom (Benue), Ben Ayade (Cross River), Ifeanyi Okowa (Delta), Dave Umahi (Ebonyi), Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu) and Bello Matawalle (Zamfara).
Apart from Matawalle, who served only one term after losing re-election to the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, every other outgoing governor served for two term in office.
The governors dissolved their cabinets and ordered their political appointees to handover every government property to the relevant authorities before Monday.
There are also indications that some of the governors especially those elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have relocated to Abuja in search of new political appointments from the incoming administration.
