Shi dai marigayi Malam Umaru Babangida Musa 'Yar'Adua, an haifeshi ne a ranar 16 ga watan Augustan 1951 a birnin Katsina dake arewacin Najeriya. Mahaifinsa shine tsohon ministan birnin Lagos na farko a jamhuriya ta farko, kuma kafin ya rasu shine Matawallen Katsina, sarautar da kuma shi ma marigayi Umaru Musa 'Yar'Adua ya gada.