Name Title Took Office Left Office Party Notes Tunde Ogbeha Administrator 28 September 1987 30 July 1988 (Military) Godwin Abbe Administrator 31 July 1988 5 September 1990 (Military) Idongesit Nkanga Administrator 5 September 1990 2 January 1992 (Military) Akpan Isemin Governor 2 January 1992 18 November 1993 NRC Yakubu Bako Administrator 15 December 1993 21 August 1996 (Military) Joseph Adeusi Administrator 21 August 1996 9 August 1998 (Military) John Ebiye Administrator 9 August 1998 29 May 1999 (Military) Victor Attah Governor 29 May 1999 29 May 2007 PDP Godswill Akpabio Governor 29 May 2007 29 May 2015 PDP Udom Gabriel Emmanuel Governor 29 May 2015 Incumbent PDP
the first military governor of akwa ibom state
Tunde Ogbeha