Abdullahi Ibrahim Danbaba

Ibrahim Abdullahi Danbaba (born 1 January 1953) is a Nigerian politician and accountant.

He is the Senator representing Sokoto South Senatorial District in the 9th National Assembly.

Danbaba was born in Sabon Birni, Sokoto State.

He attended Government Secondary School Gusan where he obtained his West African School Certificate (WAEC) in 1979.

He proceeded to the Advance Teachers College, Sokoto where he was awarded his National Certificate of Education (NCE) in 1976.

He studied Management at the University of Sokoto and graduated in 1981.

He obtained his Advanced Diploma in Accounting at the Loton College of Higher Education, United Kingdom, in 1989.

Danbaba served as the Deputy Governor of Sokoto State from 1999 to 2003.

He was elected as Senator representing Sokoto South Senatorial District in March 2015.

In June 2018, he defected to the People's Democratic Party.

On February 23, 2019, Shehu Tambuwal was elected as the Senator representing Sokoto South with 134,204 votes, while Danbaba received 112,546 votes.

In November 2019, the Court of Appeal Sokoto Division reinstated Senator Ibrahim Danbaba as Senator to the National Assembly, following the reversal of the judgment/dismissal of the petition by the Election Petition Tribunal.