He later became Special Adviser on Political Affairs to President Shehu Shagari and also served as Director of Information in the Aper Aku administration.

[4] In the Fourth Nigerian Republic, he was Special Adviser on Research, policy and Documentation to vice president, Atiku Abubakar.

He was a notable figure in the agitation for minority rights who sought the advancement of the communities in the Middle Belt Region and was involved in many organizations aimed at the resolution of issues in a bid to engender and promote peaceful co-existence.

[6] However, while reacting to issues in the Nigerian polity in 2018, such as President Muhammadu Buhari's recurring medical leave, the executive-legislature faceoff and the power tussle in his home state, Benue, he is quoted to have said, "the alarm has been sounded that Nigeria cannot make it without a revolutionary exit.

In his practice of mass communication, he once served as information Adviser at the United Nations Development Programme in Nairobi, Kenya and was a coordinating consultant at the International Foundation for Education and Self Help.