Sani Bello (born 27 November 1942) is a Nigerian statesman and military administrator who served as Governor of Kano State from 1975 to 1978.

[1] After his retirement, he amassed an enormous fortune through investments in oil, telecommunications and electricity;[2] going on to establish the Sani Bello Foundation.

He progressed in the Army, holding various command posts and rising through the ranks, including Aide-de-camp (ADC) to Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, Nigeria's first military head of state.

[5] Following the outbreak of the Nigerian Civil War, Bello was a training officer at the 6th Battalion, Ikeja before he was posted to Bonny as the Sector Commander.

From 1971 to 1974, he was Deputy Adjutant General of the Nigerian Army before becoming the Commanding Officer of the 81 Battalion, Kaduna.

Commanding the 81 Battalion in Kaduna, Bello part in the 1975 Nigerian coup d'état which bought General Murtala Mohammed to power.

In 1993, he co-founded Amni, a national oil and gas exploration and production company with interests in Ketu and Okoro oilfield.