Her parents are Kamwe from Bazza, Michika Local Government Area of Adamawa State.
[4] He had driven several prominent military figures, including Muhammadu Buhari, Sani Abacha, Ibrahim Babangida, Olusegun Obasanjo and Murtala Muhammad.
She is a recipient of an Honorary Doctorate Degree in Theology from Smith Christian University, Miami, Florida.
Not long from that gender inequality experience, she decides to venture into politics in 1998 in Kaduna South Federal Constituency, a place where the prevailing culture forbid women to be in public domain.
After the 2011 election a film, "“Dreams for Nigeria", was made by the International Republican Institute about leading female Nigerian politicians and Garba was one of the women chosen.
[9] The People's Democratic Party (PDP) under the Chairmanship of Bamanga Tukur had serious leadership crisis and a new faction emerged in 2013.
The victory at the poll made her the first female State Chairman of a registered major political party in Nigeria.
She was given a waiver to contest for the Senate seat in the party primaries and she eventually emerged victorious against her male contender.
On 28 May 2015, she won the Senate seat of Adamawa North Senatorial District by winning in 3 local government areas of the 5 LGAs in the zone.
The others were Monsurat Sunmonu from Oyo state, Stella Oduah and Uche Ekwunife who both represent Anambra, Fatimat Raji Rasaki, Oluremi Tinubu and Rose Okoji Oko.