 He was many parts and different things to different people - a university students leader, a teacher, policeman and Nigerian army officer.An undergraduate student of chemistry and student union president at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, he left school to lead an armed protest against the exploitation of oil and gas resources in the Niger Delta areas which benefited mainly the federal government of Nigeria and Eastern region with capital in Enugu and nothing was given to the Niger Delta people.He believed that the people of the area deserved a larger share of proceeds of the oil wealth.