19 parties have put forward a ticket: a candidate for governor and a running mate for deputy governor.
Prof. Jerome Nyameh
Running mate: Ali Ibrahim Tanimu
Accord
Gago Magaji Bulus
Running mate: Sokira Salihu Mbaah Njeke
African Action Congress · AAC
Abubakar Umar Tutare
Running mate: Kwetishe Haruna Kwenyan
African Democratic Congress · ADC
Hamman Abubakar Mustapha
Running mate: Wesley Ekanah
Action Democratic Party · ADP
Kefas Agbu
Running mate: Ibrahim Zainab Abubakar
All Progressives Congress · APC
Shiddi Danjuma Usman
Running mate: Kawuwa Sani Muhammad
All Progressives Grand Alliance · APGA
Bawa Ishaka Mohammed
Running mate: Daren Rebecca James
Allied Peoples Movement · APM
Henry Haniel Banti
Running mate: Jamilu Aliyu
Action Peoples Party · APP
Kabiru Bala
Running mate: Nawukari Sonweh Adams
Boot Party · BP
Aboki Boyonga Stephen
Running mate: Maryam Musa Geda
Democratic Leadership Alliance · DLA
Nathan Sanda
Running mate: Foku Ibrahim Gaddas
Labour Party · LP
Yahaya Mohammed Sani
Running mate: Bala Susana Alfred Kona
Nigeria Democratic Congress · NDC
Nuhu Abubakar Atta
Running mate: Abubakar Umar Bitako
National Democratic Party · NDP
Uba Sani Abdullahi
Running mate: Emmaunel Yakubu Luka
New Nigeria Peoples Party · NNPP
Bwacha Emmanuel
Running mate: Zakari Aminu
Peoples Democratic Party · PDP
Josiah Wukari Wasa
Running mate: Hamman Saadu Abubakar
Peoples Redemption Party · PRP
Yusuf Ali
Running mate: Nathan Danladi
Social Democratic Party · SDP
Sa’Ad Hassan Abubakar
Running mate: Abdul’Alim Umar
Young Progressive Party · YPP
Bello Adamu
Running mate: Yakubu Nuhu
Zenith Labour Party · ZLP
From INEC’s final list of governorship candidates for Taraba, published 11 October 2026. Names as INEC prints them, surname first. A withdrawal, substitution or court order can change a ticket before polling day.
