Nestor Binabo

Nestor K. Binabo[3] (d. 29 June 2023) was a Nigerian politician and teacher who briefly served as the acting Governor of Bayelsa State, from January to February 2012.

[8] Binabo was elected speaker in July 2010, after his predecessor, Werinipre Seibarugo, was appointed deputy governor following the impeachment and removal of Peremobowei Ebebi.

[11] In 2011, he was put on trial for allegedly failing to disclose that he was terminated from a position at Rivers State Ministry of Education and forging certificates presented to the Independent National Electoral Commission, which would have disqualified him from public office.

[14][15][16][17][18] During his brief tenure as acting governor, he fired several members of Sylva's cabinet, and threatened legal action against Chevron following a high-profile oil spill.

[2] In June 2012, after Benson was impeached and removed from the speakership by a majority of the Assembly, Binabo successfully nominated his own former deputy speaker, Fini Angaye, to fill the vacant slot.

[25][26] In November 2015, in a speech in Yenagoa, he accused then-governor and former ally Henry Dickson of threatening to assassinate him over a local political rivalry.

[27] He was one of several prominent Bayelsa State APC politicians who endorsed President Muhammadu Buhari's 2019 reelection bid.

[41][42] Binabo survived being physically attacked or assaulted at least three times, including a home invasion resulting in a fatality in 2010.