Sani Danladi

Sani Danladi
Senator for Taraba North
In office
9 June 2015 – 23 June 2017
Preceded byAisha Alhassan
Succeeded byShuaibu Isa Lau
Acting Governor of Taraba State
In office
22 November 2014 – 29 May 2015
GovernorDanbaba Suntai
Preceded byGarba Umar (acting)
Succeeded byDarius Ishaku
Deputy Governor of Taraba State
In office
22 November 2014 – 29 May 2015
GovernorDanbaba Suntai
Preceded byGarba Umar
Succeeded byHaruna Manu
In office
29 May 2007 – 4 October 2012
GovernorDanbaba Suntai
Preceded byArmanyau Abubakar
Succeeded byGarba Umar
Personal details
Born
Sani Abubakar Danladi

(1968-02-14) 14 February 1968 (age 56)
Political partyAll Progressives Congress (since 2017)
Other political
affiliations		Peoples Democratic Party (1998–2017)
OccupationPolitician

Sani Abubakar Danladi (born 14 February 1968) is a Nigerian politician who served as the senator representing the Taraba North senatorial district from 2015 to 2017. He previously served as the acting governor of Taraba State from 2014 to 2015, and twice as deputy governor of Taraba State from 2007 to 2012, and from 2014 to 2015.

Danladi was elected deputy governor of Taraba State in the 2007 Taraba State gubernatorial election. He was re-elected in 2011. He was impeached as deputy governor on 4 October 2012.[1] His impeachment was nullified by the supreme court on 21 November 2014, and he was reinstated as deputy governor and acting governor to serve out the term of Governor Danbaba Suntai who was incapacitated in an aircrash, three weeks after his impeachment.[2]

He was elected senator representing the Taraba North senatorial district in the 2015 Nigerian Senate elections. He was sacked as senator by the supreme court on 23 June 2017.[3]

On 7 August 2024, Danladi became a Board Member of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund.[4]

  1. ^ Adaji, Ben (5 October 2012). "Impeached deputy governor vows to fight on". P.M. News. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Supreme Court sacks Taraba Acting gov, reinstates impeached deputy gov". Vanguard. 21 November 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  3. ^ Shibayan, Dyepkazah (23 June 2017). "Supreme court sacks Danladi, Taraba north senator". TheCable. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  4. ^ Chikpa, Terna (7 August 2024). "Taraba APC congratulates Sani Abubakar on appointment as TETFund board member". Nigerian Tribune. Retrieved 29 August 2024.