Opposition People's Democratic Party candidates who lost at the polls were declared winners and became the major beneficiaries of the crisis in the APC.
In 2003, he obtained a master's degree in International Affairs and Diplomacy from Ahmadu Bello University Zaria.
He added two master's degree from Bayero University Kano in Development Studies (2005) and Treasury Management (2014).
He joined Northco Holdings as an Admin Officer in 1999 and moved to Intercellular Nigeria Plc as an Assistant Manager in 2001.
He contested the Gusau/Tsafe Federal Constituency of Zamfara State on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) but was not given the ticket.