Balarabe Musa Dies At 84

He died on Wednesday morning and is expected to be buried later in the day.

Former Kaduna governor, Balarabe Musa
Former Kaduna governor, Balarabe Musa

Second republic governor of Kaduna State, Balarabe Musa, is dead.

He died on Wednesday morning and is expected to be buried later in the day.

He was a leading member of his People’s Redemption Party (PRP), and was in the second republic aligned with the party of Aminu Kano.

Senator Shehu Sani, a member of the PRP confirmed the death on Twitter on Wednesday.

Sani tweeted, “Alhaji Balarabe Musa has died.May Allah forgive his souls and grant him Aljanna firdausi. Amin.”

Musa was born on August 21, 1936 in Kaya, Kaduna State.

He studied at Zaria Middle School from 1947 to 1952 and at the Institute of Administration, Zaria, 1952 to 1953.

Musa, who was an accounts clerk and a school teacher, held various managerial positions related to accountancy from 1960 to 1976, while studying at different colleges in London to gain additional qualifications.

He was elected governor of the old Kaduna State in 1979 on the platform of the PRP, a party founded by late Mallam Aminu Kano.

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As governor, he was was prevented from constituting a cabinet by the state house of assembly, dominated by the opposition National Party of Nigeria (NPN) members.

Eventually the House impeached him in June 1981, making him the first Nigerian state governor ever to be impeached.

He was the PRP candidate for the presidency in the 2003 elections, and later Chairman of Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP).

On August 31, 2010, Balarabe-Musa quit active politics due to health issues and announced his immediate resignation from chairmanship of the PRP.

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