Umaru Danjuma, born on 1 January 1960, is a Nigerian politician affiliated with the All Progressives Congress (APP). He contested the 2023 Taraba governorship election with Matakitswen Shekarau Masaibi as his running mate.

His academic qualification is a BA Hons in English/Political Science, awarded in 1988.

Danjuma’s biography reflects a lineage and career spanning military service and political leadership.

His father, Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma, was born on 9 December 1938 in Takum, Taraba State, in a farming community specializing in yams, rice, cassava, and beniseed.

He later expanded his interests into shipping and petroleum.

Theophilus Danjuma attended St Bartholomew's Primary School in Wusasa, Benue Provincial Secondary School in Katsina-Ala (where he was a cricket first XI captain), and Nigerian College of Arts, Science, and Technology in Zaria.

He joined the Nigerian Army and served in Congo peacekeeping operations from 1963, was promoted to captain, and was involved in the 1966 counter-coup in Ibadan.

He held high military and political roles, including serving as the former Chief of Army Staff (July 1975 to October 1978) and former Minister of Defence under President Olusegun Obasanjo.