Kammala jumlar da ke gaba: An haife shi a Kenya ga iyayen Somaliya, Ikrima ana zaton yana da alaƙa da masu tsara shirin
Hare-haren bam na 1998 na ofishin jakadancin Amurka a Kenya, da kuma shiga cikin hare-haren Mombasa na 2002. Ya zauna a Norway a matsayin mai neman mafaka daga 2004 zuwa 2008 a garin Moelv, inda ya karbi takardun tafiya na Norwegian. Daga nan ya zauna a United Kingdom na kimanin shekara guda. An ba da rahoton cewa yana magana da harsuna da yawa, gami da Ingilishi, Somali, Swahili, Faransanci, Yaren mutanen Norway da wasu Larabci.