When the CPC emerged, Musa chose to contest for the Niger north senate seat on that platform.
[1] 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.
[3] Musa was arrested in July 2011 for presenting fake documents to the Election Petitions Tribunal in Minna, spending four days in police detention.
[1][4] In September 2011, after his release, Musa said his time incarcerated made him stronger.
[5] Musa has expressed his desire to unseat the PDP in 2015, saying he supported alliances with this goal.