Daniel Shaga Ismaila is the 29th paramount ruler of the Bwatiye people as approved by the Governor of Adamawa State Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri on 29 July 2020.
He is a certified accountant and former Assistant Commander-General of Narcotics (ACGN) of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency.
He is an accountant and worked in several firms before he joined the National Drugs Law and Enforcement Agency in 1994 where he retired as an Assistant Commander-General of Narcotics in 2014.
[3][4][1][5] Daniel Shaga Ismaila obtained a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Accounting from University of Maiduguri in 1982.
[6] A month after the death of the 28th ruler of the Bwatiye people, Homun Honest Irmiya Stephen, on 28 June 2020, the kingmakers selected Ismaila as the new Hama Bachama and he was endorsed by the Government and the Bwatiye people on 29 July 2020.