Balarabe Musa, former Kaduna governor, dies at 84

Balarabe Musa, Second Republic governor of Kaduna State, is dead. He was aged 84.

Though details of Musa’s death are not yet available, his political associate and former senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, confirmed it in a tweet Wednesday morning.

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

Musa was born on 21 August, 1936 in Kaya, Kaduna State. He studied at Zaria Middle School (1947-1952) and at the Institute of Administration, Zaria (1952-1953). He was an accounts clerk (1953-1955) and a school teacher (1955-1960).

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He held various managerial positions related to accountancy in the period 1960 to 1976, while studying at different colleges in London to gain additional qualifications.

He was a left-wing politician who was elected governor of Kaduna State during the Nigerian Second Republic, holding office from October 1979 until he was impeached on 23 June, 1981.

During the Nigerian Fourth Republic, he was leader of the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP), a coalition of opposition parties.

He was also chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) before his death.

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