2027 · GubernatorialAPC
Francis Nwifuru & Obila Patricia Onyemaechi
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Obila Patricia Onyemaechi
Deputy Governor of Ebonyi State
This term: 29 May 2023–present
THE PERSON- State
- Ebonyi
- Country
- Nigeria
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Patricia Onyemaechi Obila is the Deputy Governor of Ebonyi State, in office since 29 May 2023 as the state's first female deputy governor, and the All Progressives Congress deputy governorship candidate for the election of 6 February 2027 (INEC final list, 10 October 2026), running mate to Governor Francis Nwifuru. A native of Nkpoghoro, Afikpo, she was a two-term vice chairman of Afikpo North Local Government Area before…
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Patricia Onyemaechi Obila is the Deputy Governor of Ebonyi State, in office since 29 May 2023 as the state's first female deputy governor, and the All Progressives Congress deputy governorship candidate for the election of 6 February 2027 (INEC final list, 10 October 2026), running mate to Governor Francis Nwifuru. A native of Nkpoghoro, Afikpo, she was a two-term vice chairman of Afikpo North Local Government Area before Nwifuru, then Speaker of the State House of Assembly, picked her as his running mate in 2022 (the exact day was not found); she is named as the running mate in the APC campaign council of November 2022. The ticket won the 18 March 2023 election with 199,131 votes (58 percent of valid votes) and was sworn in on 29 May 2023; the result survived petitions to the tribunal, the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court (12 January 2024). She took over the deputy governor's office from Dr Kelechi Igwe at a handover on 30 May 2023 and acted as Governor while Nwifuru was on annual leave in September 2025, after the House of Assembly gave effect to a letter transmitting executive powers to her on 16 September 2025. She is retained as running mate for 2027.
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2015
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Vice Chairman
Afikpo North Local Government Council
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Two-term vice chairman of Afikpo North LGA. A 2023 profile says she was vice chairman of the caretaker committee in 2015, was elected in 2020 and held the post until September 2022 (the years do not reconcile); she left to become running mate to Francis Nwifuru.
2023
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDElection participationReviewed record
2023 Deputy-governorship election
All Progressives Congress · Ebonyi
- Result
- Won
- Votes
- 199,131
- Vote share
- 58.13%
- Recorded winner
- Francis Nwifuru
Running mate to Francis Nwifuru (APC); the votes and percentage are the ticket's (199,131 of 342,554 valid votes, percentage computed) against Ifeanyi Odii/PDP 80,191 and Bernard Odoh/APGA 52,189. Picked by Nwifuru in 2022 (exact day not found); named running mate in the APC campaign council of 26 November 2022. Declared 19 March 2023; sworn in 29 May 2023. The result was…
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Running mate to Francis Nwifuru (APC); the votes and percentage are the ticket's (199,131 of 342,554 valid votes, percentage computed) against Ifeanyi Odii/PDP 80,191 and Bernard Odoh/APGA 52,189. Picked by Nwifuru in 2022 (exact day not found); named running mate in the APC campaign council of 26 November 2022. Declared 19 March 2023; sworn in 29 May 2023. The result was upheld by the tribunal (27 Sep 2023), the Court of Appeal (24 Nov 2023) and the Supreme Court (12 Jan 2024).
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Deputy Governor
Ebonyi
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- Current term
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2027
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDElection participationReviewed record
2027 Deputy-governorship election
All Progressives Congress · Ebonyi
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INEC final list of candidates (Governorship, Ebonyi State), published 2026-10-10 — SN 3; INEC name: OBILA PATRICIA ONYEMAECHI; age 56; female; qualification (as declared to INEC): FSLC WASC/GCE DEGREE (B.ED) G&C; governorship candidate: Nwifuru Ogbonna Francis · Sitting Deputy Governor (since 29 May 2023) retained as running mate to Governor Francis Nwifuru, who won the APC…
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INEC final list of candidates (Governorship, Ebonyi State), published 2026-10-10 — SN 3; INEC name: OBILA PATRICIA ONYEMAECHI; age 56; female; qualification (as declared to INEC): FSLC WASC/GCE DEGREE (B.ED) G&C; governorship candidate: Nwifuru Ogbonna Francis · Sitting Deputy Governor (since 29 May 2023) retained as running mate to Governor Francis Nwifuru, who won the APC primary on 21 May 2026. The date she was named for 2027 was not found.
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APC deputy governorship candidate in Ebonyi State in 2023 (won) and on INEC's final list of 10 October 2026; date joined not found.
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Declared to INEC (10 October 2026): FSLC, WASC/GCE and a degree (B.Ed). A 2023 profile also lists a B.Ed; the institution and years were not found.
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