Navy Captain Musbau Atanda Yusuf was appointed the Administrator of Ekiti State

Ekiti State

Ekiti State is a state in southwest Nigeria, created on October 1, 1996 alongside five other new states by military dictator General Sani Abacha...

, Nigeria

Nigeria

Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...

 during the transitional regime of General Abdulsalami Abubakar

Abdulsalami Abubakar

General Abdulsalami Alhaji Abubakar is a Nigerian general who was President of Nigeria from June 9, 1998 until May 29, 1999. He succeeded Sani Abacha upon Abacha's death. It was during Abubakar's leadership that Nigeria adopted its new constitution on May 5, 1999, which provided for multiparty...

, handing over to the elected civilian governor at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic

Nigerian Fourth Republic

The Fourth Republic is the republican government of Nigeria. Since 1999 it has governed the country according to the fourth republican constitution. It was in many ways a revival of the Second Republic, which was in place between 1979 and 1983 and suffers many of the same problems, such as multiple...

 on 29 May 1999.

During his tenure he constructed the complex housing the Ekiti State House of Assembly, inaugurated on June 1 1999 by his elected civilian successor Otunba Niyi Adebayo.
He assisted Sikiru Tae Lawal in creating peace in Ikere-Ekiti

Ikere-Ekiti

Ikere-Ekiti, also known as Ikere or Ikerre, is a city in Ekiti State of Nigeria.In Ikere Local Government. It is an agricultural centre. According to the 1991 census, the population was 59,257but more current estimates put it at more than 100,000....

, which had been racked by communal strife.
Yusuf was required to retire in June 1999, as were all former military administrators.