Yakubu Augustine was born in 1972. He holds a master's degree in Information Technology. He is an elder and a local church and he preaches on a local FM radio station. He is married to Mercy, who is a deaconess in their local church. Together they have four children.

Yakubu became a Christian in 1993 after attending a prayer meeting. Yakubu was called into ministry and is now planting a new church.

He began studying at Christian Leaders Institute in 2014 and was ordained with the Christian Leaders Alliance in 2015.

He is willing to mentor CLI students and help them receive ordination with the Christian Leaders Alliance.