Born at Busa in the Wa district on 15 November 1925, he attended Wa Native Authority Primary Boarding School in 1934, completing in 1939; and Tamale Government Middle Boarding School, Tamale from 1940 to 1943.
[1][2][3][4] He stood for the seat of Wala South constituency in the Legislative Assembly and won on the Northern Peoples Party (NPP) ticket in June 1954.
He was in the opposition and remained the "Chief Whip" in Parliament until 1965 when Ghana became a one party state.
He returned to Ghana after the 1966 coup d'état, and in December 1968 he was elected to the constituent assembly for the Wa Administrative District.
In 1969, he was elected as a parliamentary member representing Wala South, he served in this capacity until 1972.