He was a guest at the Nigerian-Korean Poetry Feast and also at the Writivism Festival in Kampala. A Pushcart nominee, his work has appeared or forthcoming in publications such as: Afridiapora, Ofi Press, Helicon, The Poetry Mail, Off the Coast, Grey Sparrow, The Bombay Review, Deep Water Literary Journal among several others. He is the Poetry Editor at Expound. Saddiq is currently working on his manuscript; Obscene Letters & Other Contradictions.