He was born on the 18th July 1961, to Mr. and Mrs. Silas O. Ndukuba of Ogberuru in orlu Local Government Area of Imo State.

He attended Bishop shanahan college, orluband had his WASC in 1978. While in secondary school he gave his life to Christ as a teenager in 1977 and this meant a very new beginning for him. He worked in Kano state library, ministry of education 1979-1980. He received the call into the ministry of the gospel in Kano and was subsequently sent to the Theological college of northern Nigeria (TCNN) Bukuru 1980 – 1984 and obtained B.D Degree in 1984. He did his NYSC in Kano State 1984-1985. He was ordained into the Holy Order diaconate 1984, and priesthood 1985.