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Many have come and many are gone, we know the secret of the efforts that always carry us on. Those legends listed below contributed to what Kogi State is today. Below is the list of some of them.

1. Danladi Mohammed
Zakari

Danladi
Mohammed Zakari was the first Military
Administrator of Kogi State, Nigeria after it
was created in August 1991 from parts of
Benue and Kwara states. He held office from
August 1991 until January 1992 during the
military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida ,
handing over to the elected governor
Abubakar Audu at the start of the Nigerian
Third Republic.

2. Abubakar Audu

Prince Abubakar Audu (24 October 1947 – 22
November 2015) was twice the Governor of
Nigeria's Kogi state. [1] His first tenure was
from January 1992 until November 1993 and
the second from 29 May 1999 to 29 May
2003. He died due to a heart attack shortly
after the announcement of the election
results on 22 November 2015, while seeking
re-election on the platform of Nigeria's ruling
party, All Progressives Congress (APC).

3. Paul Omeruo
Colonel (retired) Paul Uzoanya N. Omeruo
was the Military Administrator of Kogi State,
Nigeria from December 1993 to August 1996
during the military regime of General Sani
Abacha .

4. Bzigu Afakirya
Colonel (retired) Bzigu Lassa Afakirya was
the Military Administrator of Kogi State,
Nigeria from August 1996 to August 1998
during the military regime of General Sani
Abacha .

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