Usman Mu'azu (1942–2008) ya kasance gwamnan soja na jihar Kaduna, Nijeriya daga watan Janairun shekarar 1984 zuwa watan Yunin shekarar ta 1988 a lokacin mulkin soja na Janar Muhammadu Buhari . An haifi Mu'azu a Kwoi, karamar hukumar Jaba, jihar Kaduna a shekarar 1942. Ya halarci makarantar Sakandire ta lardi, Zariya sannan ya halarci Cibiyar Gudanarwa, Jami'ar Ahmadu Bello, Zariya . Ya halarci kwalejin tsaro ta Najeriya, Kaduna, sannan ya samu karin horo a Yammacin Jamus da Amurka. Muazu ya yi aiki a wurare daban-daban a rundunar sojan sama ta Najeriya, ciki har da aiki a Kwamandan Sojojin Sama na Najeriya, Kwalejin Horar da Ma’aikata, Jaji da Kwalejin Horar da Umurni, Kaduna. Ya kasance mai kula da kamfanin jirgin sama na Najeriya da kuma Kwamandan Horar da Kwamandan Sojojin Sama, na Sojan Sama kafin a nada shi a matsayin gwamnan soja na Jihar Kaduna a watan Janairun shekara ta 1984. Bayan ya bar ofis, rikici ya barke tsakanin Atyap da Hausawa a Zangon Kataf a shekara ta 1992 wanda a karshe ya yi sanadiyyar mutuwar mutane da dama.