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Federal Representative
Bauchi
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- Ended
- Party on this record
- APC
Reason recorded for departure: Term end.
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Musa Shehu Aliyu
Federal representative for Bauchi Federal Constituency, Bauchi State
9 Jun 2015 – 11 Jun 2019
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Musa Shehu Aliyu (INEC: MUSA SHEHU ALIYU; reported in the press as Hon. Shehu Aliyu Musa, and styled the Barden Gabas of Bauchi) is the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) candidate for Bauchi South Senatorial District in the Senate election of 16 January 2027 (INEC final list, 12 September 2026). INEC lists him as 56, with a First School Leaving Certificate, SSCE and a B.Sc in Geography. A long-time All Progressives Congress…
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Musa Shehu Aliyu (INEC: MUSA SHEHU ALIYU; reported in the press as Hon. Shehu Aliyu Musa, and styled the Barden Gabas of Bauchi) is the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) candidate for Bauchi South Senatorial District in the Senate election of 16 January 2027 (INEC final list, 12 September 2026). INEC lists him as 56, with a First School Leaving Certificate, SSCE and a B.Sc in Geography. A long-time All Progressives Congress (APC) politician, he is a former member of the House of Representatives: in March 2017 the House named "Shehu Aliyu-Musa (APC, Bauchi)" to its delegation to South Africa over xenophobic attacks. In 2022 he held the APC ticket for Bauchi Federal Constituency but withdrew after being nominated running mate to the party's governorship candidate, Air Marshal Sadique Baba Abubakar (retd), as reported on 13 July 2022. Their ticket lost the governorship election of 18 March 2023: INEC declared Governor Bala Mohammed (PDP) the winner on 20 March 2023 with 525,280 votes to 432,272 for the APC (Daily Trust printed 433,272), and Abubakar rejected the result. He sought the APC ticket for Bauchi South in 2026. In the direct primary announced on 18 May 2026 he came third with 6,648 votes (Leadership: 6,448), behind Yakubu Shehu Abdullahi (25,762) and Brig.-Gen. Abubakar Suleiman Maikano (retd) (6,870); another aspirant, Abdulmumini Kundak, said no valid primary had been held. His resignation from the APC was reported on 25 May 2026; he cited "lack of purposeful leadership, unfair treatment of party members and lack of cohesion among leaders of the party". By 16 June 2026 he was the PRP's Senate candidate for Bauchi South, campaigning alongside the party's governorship candidate, Senator Shehu Buba Umar. The date and result of the PRP primary were not found.
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2015
IN THE PUBLIC RECORD2023
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDParty primaryReviewed record
2023 House of Representatives primary
All Progressives Congress · Bauchi
- Primary result
- Won
- What this establishes
- A party-stage result, not election to public office
- Recorded winner
- Shehu Aliyu Musa (APC)
APC 'standard bearer' for Bauchi Federal Constituency for the 2023 House election; withdrew after being nominated running mate to the APC governorship candidate (ticket reported vacant on 13 July 2022 in a statement by the APC Initiative for Good Governance, Bauchi). Primary date and votes not found.
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2023 Deputy-governorship election
All Progressives Congress · Bauchi
- Result
- Lost
- Votes
- 432,272
- Recorded winner
- Bala Mohammed (PDP ticket)
APC running mate to Air Marshal Sadique Baba Abubakar (retd). Poll Saturday 18 March 2023; INEC returning officer Prof. Abdulkarim Sabo Mohammed declared Bala Mohammed (PDP) winner on Monday 20 March 2023 with 525,280 votes to 432,272 for the APC ticket (Daily Trust: 433,272). Abubakar rejected the result.
2027
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDParty primaryReviewed record
2027 Senate primary
Peoples Redemption Party · Bauchi South · Bauchi
- Primary result
- Won
- What this establishes
- A party-stage result, not election to public office
- Recorded winner
- Musa Shehu Aliyu
constituency: Bauchi South Senatorial District · INEC final list of candidates (Senate), published 2026-09-12 — SN 10, p.17; INEC name: MUSA SHEHU ALIYU; age 56; male; qualification (as declared to INEC): FSLC SSCE B.Sc Geography · Primary: PRP nomination - date, votes and opponents not found; reported as the PRP's Bauchi South Senate candidate by 16 June 2026 (Leadership) and…
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constituency: Bauchi South Senatorial District · INEC final list of candidates (Senate), published 2026-09-12 — SN 10, p.17; INEC name: MUSA SHEHU ALIYU; age 56; male; qualification (as declared to INEC): FSLC SSCE B.Sc Geography · Primary: PRP nomination - date, votes and opponents not found; reported as the PRP's Bauchi South Senate candidate by 16 June 2026 (Leadership) and on INEC's final list (12 Sep 2026). Before that he lost the APC direct primary for Bauchi South announced on Monday 18 May 2026: Yakubu Shehu Abdullahi 25,762, Brig.-Gen. Abubakar Suleiman Maikano (retd) 6,870, Shehu Aliyu (Musa) 6,648 (Leadership: 6,448), Abdulmumini Kundak 4,975 (Leadership: 4,125), Ibrahim Usman 4,922; Kundak disputed that a valid primary held. His APC resignation was reported 25 May 2026. The Supreme Court judgment of 24 Sep 2026 (INEC v. Zenith Labour Party, restoring Electoral Act 2026 ss.77(5)-(7) and 84(2)) prompted press lists of post-primary defectors whose tickets may be affected; none found names him (Bauchi: Shehu Buba only).
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All Progressives Congress (APC)
APC member of the House of Representatives from Bauchi (March 2017), APC House ticket holder for Bauchi Federal Constituency and deputy governorship candidate (2022-23), APC Bauchi South senatorial aspirant (May 2026). Joining date not found. Resigned after the 18 May 2026 primary; end_date is the day the resignation was reported (Daily Trust, Daily Post), letter date not found.
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Barden Gabas of Bauchi
Styled 'Barden Gabas of Bauchi' in a 2022 Sadique Abubakar campaign statement and in ThisDay (2026); conferral date not found.
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- Bauchi (traditional title; conferring authority not found)
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Declared to INEC: First School Leaving Certificate (FSLC), SSCE and B.Sc Geography (awarding institutions and years not found).
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Peoples Redemption Party (PRP)
Joined the Peoples Redemption Party after leaving the APC (resignation reported 25 May 2026; joining day not found); PRP Senate candidate for Bauchi South by 16 June 2026 and on INEC's final list (12 September 2026).
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