An haife shi a shekarar 1934 a garin Pika da ke cikin tsohuwar jahar Borno, yanzu kuma ya koma jahar Yobe. Karatu 1943 - 1947: Makarantar elimantare ta Pika daga baya kuma ya koma Potiskum. 1947 - 1949: Makarantar midil ta Borno da ke Maiduguri. 1950 – 1955: Kwalejin Barewa da ke Zariya. 1955 – 1958: Nigerian College of Art Zaria, wacce yanzu ta koma ABU. 1958 – 1961: Jami’ar Ibadan (Ibadan University) inda ya yi karantun digiri a fannin tarihi (Bachelor of History). Gogayyar Aiki “A lokacin duk wanda ya je makaranta ana jiransa da aiki, saboda haka ina fitowa sai aka bani aiki a ofishin Sardauna, inda na yi aiki na tsawon shekaru biyu. Daga baya kuma aka yi min DO (District Officer) a Mambila da kuma Lardin Sardauna (Sardauna Province); wannan lardi ta haɗa da Mubi, Goza, Ganye, da kuma Mambila. Sai dai, Mubi ita ce Helikwatar wannan lardi;