{{Short description|Nigerian politician}} {{Use Nigerian English|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Abubakar Musa Garkuwan Yauri |image = |office1 = Governor of Kebbi State |term_start1 = January 1992 |term_end1 = November 1993 |predecessor1 = Patrick Aziza |successor1 = Salihu Tunde Bello |birth_date = |birth_place = |death_date = |party = }} Alhaji '''Abubakar Musa''' {{Audio|LL-Q33578 (ibo)-Obefelix-Abubakar Musa.wav|Listen|help=no}}is a Nigerian politician who was elected on the National Republican Convention (NRC) platform as Governor of Kebbi State, Nigeria, holding office between January 1992 and November 1993 during the Nigerian Third Republic.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Nigeria_federal_states.htm|title=Nigerian States|publisher=World Statesmen|access-date=2010-04-30|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100528072649/http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Nigeria_federal_states.htm|archive-date=2010-05-28|url-status=live}}</ref>
Before entering politics, Musa was Director of Customs.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.news.dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=1:latest-news&id=4992:funtua-faults-dangiwa-on-customs-boss|title=Funtua faults Dangiwa on Customs boss|date=2009-08-26|access-date=2010-04-30|newspaper=Daily Trust}}{{Dead link|date=June 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>
Musa was accused of tampering with ballot boxes in the December 1991 elections, but when they took place he was in fact abroad undergoing medical treatment.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/politics/2007/june/25/politics-25-06-2007-001.htm|location=Lagos, Nigeria|archive-url=https://archive.today/20080229190434/https://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/politics/2007/june/25/politics-25-06-2007-001.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-02-29|title=How I'll work with my governor without friction|last=Tyoban|first=Terwase|date=2007-06-25|accessdate=2010-04-30|newspaper=The Sun}}</ref> In July 1993 he enacted the edict to form the Kebbi State College of Education, now the Adamu Augie College of Education.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.collegeofeducationargungu.org/Aboutus.php|title=About the College|publisher=Adamu Augie College of Education|access-date=2010-04-30|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725185216/https://www.collegeofeducationargungu.org/Aboutus.php|archive-date=2011-07-25}}</ref>
In June 2002, he was the national treasurer of the newly formed National Democratic Party (NDP).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thisdayonline.com/archive/2002/06/23/20020623cov01.html|title=Now, to Real Politics|work=This Day|date=2002-06-23|accessdate=2010-04-30|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031021094149/http://thisdayonline.com/archive/2002/06/23/20020623cov01.html|archive-date=2003-10-21}}</ref> He was a candidate to be the People's Democratic Party (PDP) for governor in the 2003 elections.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://allafrica.com/stories/200206070090.html|title=Kebbi: Aliero Battles Generals, Others|work=Weekly Trust|last=Daji|first=Kabir Dogon|date=2002-06-07|access-date=2010-04-30|via=allAfrica}}</ref> In January 2003 he was at a meeting where Kebbi Governor Muhammad Adamu Aliero announced his intention to run for reelection in April 2003 on the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) platform.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://allafrica.com/stories/200301020506.html|title=Why I'm Seeking Re-election, By Aliero|last=Nwezeh|first=Kingsley|work=This Day|date=2003-01-02|access-date=2010-04-30|via=allAfrica}}</ref>
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{{KebbiStateGovernors}} {{State governors in the Nigerian Third Republic}}
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