[citation needed] Saaduddin died on October 8, 2018, in a motorcycle accident along the road in Matalam, North Cotabato going to Kidapawan City.

In April 2006, he earned a Bachelor of Science in International Relations (BSIR) at Mindanao State University.

As a journalist he encountered difficulties in the Philippines that spurred him to write about what he saw as differences between the Islamic way of life and the ideology of the Maute group, Ansar Khilafa Philippines, Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters and Abu Sayyaf.

[citation needed] Saaduddin had interviewed extremists from the southern Philippines with European journalist Lennart Hofman of De Correspondent.

[8][9] He took responsibility for the safety of European journalists during their reporting in September 2018 in Patikul, Sulu, Philippines.