Benjamin Usakule Garba was born in Jambiri Village in Bauchi State, North-eastern Nigeria. He attended St. John Vianney Minor Seminary, Barkin Ladi, Plateau State and studied Philosophy and Theology at St Augustine’s Major Seminary, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria. He is a Catholic Priest ordained for the Catholic Diocese of Bauchi. He has published a play, Arrows of Love (2021) and a volume of poetry, Whispers from the Sahel (2024). He is at the moment working in Salford Diocese, UK.
