After studying philosophy and theology at the
Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, he was ordained a priest on 4 October 1986. He became the administrator of Cathedral of Yola and the diocese's education secretary. He became the rector of the Kaduna archdiocese major seminary. On 6 February 2003,
Pope John Paul II appointed him as the bishop of the
diocese of Maiduguri. He received his episcopal ordination on 1 March 2003 from
Patrick Francis Sheehan of the diocese of Kano. Co-consecrators include
Christopher Shaman Abba of the
diocese of Yola and bishop
Senan Louis O'Donnell, the diocese of Maiduguri bishop emeritus. On 16 November 2007,
Pope Benedict XVI appointed him archbishop of Kaduna archdiocese. He received his
pallium on 29 June 2008. He participated in the
XIV Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops in 2015 on the theme "The Vocation and Mission of the Family in the Church and in the Contemporary World". ==References==