Sani Danladi | |
Office: | Senator for Taraba North |
Term Start: | 9 June 2015 |
Term End: | 23 June 2017 |
Predecessor: | Aisha Alhassan |
Successor: | Shuaibu Isa Lau |
Office1: | Acting Governor of Taraba State |
Term Start1: | 22 November 2014 |
Term End1: | 29 May 2015 |
Governor1: | Danbaba Suntai |
Predecessor1: | Garba Umar (acting) |
Successor1: | Darius Ishaku |
Office2: | Deputy Governor of Taraba State |
Term Start2: | 22 November 2014 |
Term End2: | 29 May 2015 |
Governor2: | Danbaba Suntai |
Predecessor2: | Garba Umar |
Successor2: | Haruna Manu |
Term Start3: | 29 May 2007 |
Term End3: | 4 October 2012 |
Governor3: | Danbaba Suntai |
Predecessor3: | Armanyau Abubakar |
Successor3: | Garba Umar |
Birth Name: | Sani Abubakar Danladi |
Birth Date: | 14 February 1968 |
Party: | All Progressives Congress (since 2017) |
Otherparty: | Peoples Democratic Party (1998–2017) |
Occupation: | Politician |
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]