Daniel Shaga Ismaila is the 29th paramount ruler of the
Bwatiye people
The Bwatiye people which are mostly refer to as Bachama are a set of people that can be found in Numan, Demsa and Lamurde Local Governments in the Southern part of Adamawa State and in some part of the Cameroons Republic.
History
The Bwatiye ...
as approved by the Governor of
Adamawa State Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri
Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri (born October 27, 1967) is a Nigerian politician and the current Governor of Adamawa State. He was a member of the Adamawa State House of Assembly and was appointed the Speaker of the House. He became the acting Governor of A ...
on 29 July 2020. He is a certified accountant and former Assistant Commander-General of Narcotics (ACGN) of the
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) is a federal law enforcement agency in Nigeria under the Federal Ministry of Justice charged with eliminating the growing, processing, manufacturing, selling, exporting, and trafficking of hard d ...
.
Biography
Daniel Shaga Ismaila hails from
Lamurde
Lamurde is a town and Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Nigeria inhabited predominantly by the Bwatiye (Bachama) people.
History
The Lamurde Local Government was established on December 14, 1996, from the local government of Numan. Numero ...
, the headquarters of the
Bwatiye people
The Bwatiye people which are mostly refer to as Bachama are a set of people that can be found in Numan, Demsa and Lamurde Local Governments in the Southern part of Adamawa State and in some part of the Cameroons Republic.
History
The Bwatiye ...
, the spiritual home and traditional headquarters of the Bachama people of
Adamawa State. He was born on 23 February 1954 in Northeastern city of
Bauchi, Bauchi State. 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.
Education
Daniel Shaga Ismaila obtained a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Accounting from University of Maiduguri in 1982. He later obtained a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Jos in 1992.
Hama Bachama
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.
References
People from Adamawa State
1954 births
Living people
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