Tele Ikuru (2007–2015)#
Served under Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi · PDP → APC (2014) Tenure: 29 May 2007 — 28 May 2015
Mode in: Elected on the Amaechi–Ikuru joint ticket, April 2007 (took office October 2007 after Amaechi's Supreme Court restoration); re-elected 2011.
Mode out: Returned to PDP in 2016, two years after office; resigned from APC over the Amaechi–Wike succession war.
Served two full terms — the longest single deputy governorship in Rivers history. Earlier career at the Nigerian Television Authority.
Ipalibo Harry Banigo (2015–2023)#
Served under Nyesom Ezenwo Wike · PDP Tenure: 29 May 2015 — 28 May 2023
Mode in: Elected on the Wike–Banigo joint ticket, April 2015; re-elected 2019.
Mode out: End of two constitutional terms with the Wike administration.
Former Secretary to the Rivers State Government under Governor Peter Odili. Career administrator and educator (St Catherine's School Port Harcourt).
Ngozi Gladys Odu (2023–present)#
Served under Siminalayi Fubara · PDP Tenure: 29 May 2023 — present
Mode in: Elected on the Fubara–Odu PDP joint ticket, 18 March 2023.
Mode out: Suspended by the Federal Government on 18 March 2025 alongside Governor Fubara under the Tinubu state-of-emergency proclamation; reinstated September 2025.
Career civil servant; former Commissioner for Commerce and Industry. Caught in the centre of the Wike–Fubara feud and the 2025 emergency rule.