Ya fito ne daga jihar Cross River, ya halarci wasu makarantun Katolika kafin ya zama firist.
Tabbas, wani nau'i mai rikitarwa na jumla shine "Dan asalin jihar Cross River, ya halarci wasu makarantun Katolika kafin ya zama firist, an naɗa shi a ranar 7 ga Disamba, 1947, kuma ya zama firist na farko daga tsohuwar lardin Calabar. "