Brigadier (air force) Musa Usman was the first governor of
North-Eastern State
North-Eastern State is a former administrative division of Nigeria. It was created on 27 May 1967 from parts of the Northern Region. Its capital was the city of Maiduguri. The North-Eastern is also full of agriculture and food.
On 3 February 19 ...
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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
The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS or RMA Sandhurst), commonly known simply as Sandhurst, is one of several military academies of the United Kingdom and is the British Army's initial officer training centre. It is located in the town of ...
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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
Shehu Musa Yar'Adua (5 March 1943 – 8 December 1997) was a Nigerian military officer and politician who was the ''de facto'' vice president of Nigeria as Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters when Nigeria was under military rule from 1976 t ...
.
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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Living people
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Year of birth missing (living people)
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