Kanal John I. Ubah ya kasance Mai Gudanar da Jihar Kebbi a Najeriya daga watan Agusta 1996 zuwa Agusta 1998 a lokacin mulkin soja na Janar Sani Abacha . An haifeshi a garin Okpobla, Ahilia, jihar Benue . A matsayinsa na gwamnan jihar Kebbi, a cikin watan Janairun 1998 ya yi barazanar korar shugabannin gidan rediyon na jihar ta Kebbi tunda har yanzu ba a iya jin ta bayan radiyo mai nisan kilomita 10. A shekara ta 2001 yana daga cikin tsoffin gwamnonin soja da suka bayyana kafa kungiyar Haɗin Kan Ci gaban Nijeriya (UNDF), kungiyar masu neman siyasa. John Ubah shi ne marubucin waƙoƙi guda huɗu - Wakokin Lokoja, Inda Mikiya ke Tsuntsaye, Tsuntsayen Kebbiasar Kebbi da Rana - kuma ya ba da gudummawa ga littattafan waƙoƙi da yawa.