| Musa Bamaiyi | |
| Honorific-Prefix: | Major General |
| Office: | Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency |
| Term Start: | 1995 |
| Term End: | 1998 |
| Predecessor: | Ba'ppa jama're |
| Successor: | Ogbonna Okechukwu Onovo |
| Birth Date: | 1948 6, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Zuru, Northern Region, British Nigeria (now in Kebbi State, Nigeria) |
| Death Place: | Zuru, Nigeria |
| Resting Place: | Zuru, Nigeria |
| Allegiance: |  Nigeria |
| Branch: | Nigerian Army |
| Serviceyears: | 1968–1999 |
| Rank: | Major general |
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Musa Bamaiyi (11 June 1948 – 17 April 2007) was a Nigerian Army major general who headed the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) from 1995 to 1998.[1] He was older brother to former Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General Ishaya Bamaiyi.[2] He was also acting governor of Benue State in 1984.
The NDLEA, under Bamaiyi's tenure arrested Fela Anikulapo Kuti for the possession of illegal drugs.[3] [4] About 100 or more people (including minors) were arrested when the NDLEA raided Fela's popular shrine location. Bamaiyi noted that, the NDLEA tried to rehabilitate Fela during a live television broadcast where Bamaiyi and Fela disagreed on the harmful nature of Indian Hemp. Fela Kuti filed a $1.2 million lawsuit for his "unlawful arrest and detention" by the NDLEA and reportedly has an unreleased composition titled Bamaiyi,[5] presumably about his encounter with the NDLEA and Musa Bamaiyi.
Musa Bamaiyi reportedly feuded with his younger brother, Lt-General Ishaya Bamaiyi for years and sought redress from the Human Rights Violation Investigation Commission (HRVIC) Panel, headed by Justice Chukwudifu Oputa.[6]
Musa Bamaiyi died on 17 April 2007, aged 58.