Ibrahim Musa is a

Nigerian Nigerians or the Nigerian people are citizens of Nigeria or people with ancestry from Nigeria. The name Nigeria was taken from the Niger River running through the country. This name was allegedly coined in the late 19th century by British jour ...

lawyer who was elected Senator for the Niger North constituency of

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, Nigeria in the April 2011 national elections.

Background

Musa practiced as a lawyer for 17 years. While practicing, he was a member of

All Nigeria Peoples Party The All Nigeria Peoples Party (abbr. ANPP) was a political party in Nigeria. Under the leadership of Late Chief Edwin Ume-Ezeoke who was its vice presidential candidate to General Muhammadu Buhari in the 2007 presidential elections. The party ...

(ANPP). When the CPC emerged, Musa chose to contest for the Niger north senate seat on that platform.

Senatorial career

Running on the platform of the

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(CPC), Musa polled 131,872 votes; incumbent

Nuhu Aliyu Nuhu Aliyu Labbo (born 1941) is a Nigerian politician elected to the Senate for the Niger North constituency of Niger State in 1999 and was re-elected in 2003 and 2007. Background Nuhu Aliyu was born in June 1941. He studied Advance Police Manag ...

of the

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(PDP) received 83,778 votes. After the election Nuhu Aliyu, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Security, filed a petition with the Niger state election petition tribunal against Ibrahim Musa. Musa was arrested in July 2011 for presenting fake documents to the Election Petitions Tribunal in Minna, spending four days in police detention. In September 2011, after his release, Musa said his time incarcerated made him stronger. Musa has expressed his desire to unseat the PDP in 2015, saying he supported alliances with this goal.

References

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