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Nigerian politician
Musa Usman
Governor, North-Eastern State, Nigeria
In office
28 May 1967 – July 1975
Preceded byHassan Katsina
(Northern Region)
Succeeded byMuhammadu Buhari
Military service
Allegiance Nigeria
Branch/service Nigerian Air Force
RankBrigadier General

Brigadier (air force) Musa Usman was the first governor of North-Eastern State, Nigeria from May 1967 to July 1975 after the state had been formed from part of Northern Region during the military regime of General Yakubu Gowon.

Usman attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, England gaining his commission in 1962. Major Usman was a participant in the July 1966 coup when Major General Aguiyi Ironsi was overthrown, replaced by General Yakubu Gowon. Appointed governor of North-East State in May 1967, Usman initiated construction of the Ashaka cement factory, eventually opened on 19 July 1979 by Major-General Shehu Musa Yar'Adua. In 1975 he participated in friendly negotiations with Cameroon to settle the border between that country and Nigeria. He was a cautious supporter of the principle that the military government should hand over to civilian rule in 1976.

After retirement, he was allocated a residence in the prestigious Jabi Street area of Kaduna. Usman later became a director of the Bank of the North.

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Governors of North-Eastern and Borno State
North-Eastern State
Borno State
Military governors of Nigerian states under General Yakubu Gowon (1967 - 1975)
General Yakubu Gowon was head of state of Nigeria from August 1966 to July 1975. He reorganized the four regions into twelve states in May 1967. Following is a list of military governors during his regime.
Benue-Plateau StateJoseph Gomwalk
East-Central StateUkpabi Asika
Kano StateAudu Bako
Kwara StateDavid Bamigboye
Lagos StateMobolaji Johnson
Mid-West StateSamuel Ogbemudia
North-Central StateAbba Kyari
North-Eastern StateMusa Usman
North-Western StateUsman Faruk
Rivers StateAlfred Diete-Spiff
South-Eastern StateJacob Esuene
Western StateRobert Adeyinka Adebayo
Christopher Oluwole Rotimi
See also List of military governors of Nigerian regions (1966–67) and Military governors in Nigeria during the Murtala Muhammed regime (July 1975 - February 1976)


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