He started his education in Agaie Elementary School from (1920 - 1922) and later attended the Bida Provincial School finishing in 1928 then attended Katsina Teachers Training College graduated there with teacher grade II in 1932 and later had his certificate in Local Government Administration at the United Kingdom.
He quit his teaching career in 1948 and joined politics where he was elected as a member of the Northern Federal House of Assembly.
During his tenure in the Northern House of Representatives, he was awarded Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by the Queen Elizabeth of England.
[7] He was also a writer, he published a book titled A Short Foundation History of Lapai Emirate in English, Hausa and Nupe.
[8][9] He was an elderly statesman, his burial was led by the Etsu Nupe Umaru Sanda Ndayako and the attendance of Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, Abdulsalami Abubakar, Abdulkadir Kure, and Senator Isa Mohammed Bagudu.