Abdallah Muhammad Wali was elected senator for the Sokoto South constituency of Sokoto State, Nigeria at the start of the Fourth Nigerian Republic, running on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) platform.
[1] Wali was born in Tambuwal Local Government Area, Sokoto State.
[2] After taking his seat in the Senate in June 1999, he was appointed to committees on Selection, Senate Services, Public Accounts, Defense and Federal Character.
He was the PDP candidate for governor of Sokoto State in 2003.
[2] In January 2007 Wali was appointed Minister for the National Planning Commission, and deputy chairman of the commission, by President Olusegun Obasanjo.