Cika wannan jumla: An haifi Bada a Kaduna ga iyaye daga Ogidi, Jihar Kogi. Ya yi nasara a matakin yanki a 1990, tare da lambar tagulla a duka mita 200 da 400 a Gasar Zakarun Afirka ta 1990. A shekara mai zuwa, a Wasannin Afirka na 1991, ya lashe lambar azurfa a tseren mita 400. Ya fafata ba tare da kaiwa wasan karshe ba a tseren mita 400 na wasannin Olympics na 1992, amma a tseren mita
4 x 400 mita relay ya yi nasarar kammala na biyar tare da tawagar Najeriya. A wannan shekarar ya karya shingen dakika 45 ta hanyar gudu mita 400 a cikin dakika 44.99, a watan Satumba a Havana. Wannan ya faru ne a gasar cin kofin duniya ta IAAF ta 1992, wanda ya lashe.