Danladi Abdullahi Sankara (born 25 November 1954) is a Nigerian politician who served as the senator representing the Jigawa North-West senatorial district from 2011 to 2015 and from 2019 to 2023.
[1] Sankara was the Governorship Candidate of United Congress Party (UNCP) for Jigawa State during the Political Transition Program of General Sani Abacha Regime.
Turaki changed his party affiliation and won the next election as Senator for Jigawa North-West on the PDP ticket.
[4][5] The PDP promoted Danladi's candidacy to represent the party over incumbent Ibrahim Saminu Turaki, who defected to the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN).
[8] Turaki filed a complaint that the votes had been tampered with in two of the twelve local government areas, threatening to challenge the result in court.