Ibrahim Musa
{{short description|Nigerian lawyer and politician}}
{{Use Nigerian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Ibrahim Musa
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| office = Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria from Niger North Senatorial District
| term_start = 6 June 2011
| term_end = 6 June 2015
| predecessor = Nuhu Aliyu
| successor = Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi
| constituency =
| birth_date =
| birth_place = Niger State, Nigeria
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = Congress for Progressive Change (CPC)
| profession = Barrister
}}
Ibrahim Musa is a Nigerian lawyer who was elected Senator for the Niger North constituency of Niger State, 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 (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 Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Musa polled 131,872 votes; incumbent Nuhu Aliyu of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) received 83,778 votes.{{cite web|url=http://election.234next.com/reports/view/12744|title=Full election results from Niger State|work=Next (Nigeria)|date=April 12, 2011|access-date=June 17, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110815140150/http://election.234next.com/reports/view/12744|archive-date=August 15, 2011|url-status=dead}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.channelstv.com/global/news_details.php?nid=27238&cat=Election%20News|title=Niger State Elections Petition tribunal Receives 21 Petitions|date=May 23, 2011|work=Channels TV|access-date=June 17, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929132406/http://www.channelstv.com/global/news_details.php?nid=27238&cat=Election%20News|archive-date=September 29, 2011|url-status=dead}}
Musa was arrested in July 2011 for presenting fake documents to the Election Petitions Tribunal in Minna, spending four days in police detention.{{cite news|author=Folasade-Koyi, Adetutu|title=One North is a thing of the past -Senator Musa|url=http://odili.net/news/source/2012/jun/7/506.html|access-date=May 3, 2013|newspaper=The Sun|date=June 7, 2012|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023429/http://odili.net/news/source/2012/jun/7/506.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|author=Hamagam, Aliyu|title=Nigeria: CPC Condemns Arrest of Senator Ibrahim Musa|url=https://allafrica.com/stories/201107140326.html|access-date=January 11, 2020|newspaper=AllAfrica|date=July 14, 2011}} In September 2011, after his release, Musa said his time incarcerated made him stronger.{{cite news|author=Hamagam, Aliyu|title=Nigeria: My Detention Made Me Stronger, Says CPC Senator Ibrahim Musa|url=https://allafrica.com/stories/201110031843.html|access-date=January 11, 2020|newspaper=AllAfrica|date=September 25, 2011}}
Musa has expressed his desire to unseat the PDP in 2015, saying he supported alliances with this goal.
References
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{{Nigerian Senators of the 7th National Assembly}}
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Category:Senators of the 7th National Assembly (Nigeria)