Incumbent APC Governor Mohammed Badaru Abubakar won re-election for a second term, defeating Aminu Ibrahim Ringim of the PDP and several minor party candidates.
[18][19] Aminu Ibrahim Ringim was the PDP candidate with Hussain Umar Namadi as his running mate.
[27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49] Mohammed Badaru Abubakar won the primary election polling 3,123 votes against 1 other candidate.
[119][120][121][122][123][124][125][126][127] Aminu Ibrahim Ringim won the primary election polling 2,028 votes against 3 other candidates.
[128][129][130][131][132][133][134][135][136][137][138][139][140][141][142] A total number of 19 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election.