As one of the founders of the Northern People’s Congress, he did not go into partisan politics until 1951.
Born in Gargar Ward in Yerwa, Maiduguri, Ibrahim had an early Islamic education before attending Borno Provincial School in 1922. He was admitted to the Katsina Training College from 1926 and 1929, and later at the Borno Middle School by 1933. He later became an education officer for Borno Province from 1947 to 1949.
As one of the founders of the Northern People’s Congress , he did not go into partisan politics until 1951. Standing on the platform of NPC, Alhaji Ibrahim was elected into the Northern Regional Assembly as a nominee from the North. Thereafter, he was appointed the Federal Minister for Social Services, Cooperatives and Surveys, and later Education. Serving in these positions, he was elected into the Federal House of Representatives.
Alhaji Ibrahim was an ardent believer in Western education. So, he encouraged the people to embrace it as much as they embraced Islamic education. He also carried out some educational works, including the considerable expansion of schools in Borno, the establishment of the Maiduguri Teachers College, the writing of primary school textbooks in Kanuri, as well as in the English language. He held this position until 1962 when he became Governor of the Northern Region.
He was appointed Commander of the British Empire in 1960 and in 1962, was appointed the Governor of the Northern Region. The Queen of England made him a knight in the same year. He held the position of the Governor of the Northern Region until the 1966 coup that overthrew the government.
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