 Along with Halifa Sallah, he refused the offer of a post in the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council government in 1994.He was briefly detained in August 1994 in defiance of the government ban on political activities.In 1997, Wulli Constituency was divided into two constituencies (Wulli East and Wulli West) and he won Wulli West Constituency in the 1997 national assembly election.