He was the second child of Chief Suleiman Shardow and Hajara Mai Karfa.  He was born in 1910 and attended Accra Royal School, Jamestown.   He was popularly known as Alhaji I.T. His elder sister born in 1907 died soon after birth.

He established  I.T. School, an English and Arabic school at Okaishie, Accra, and became very popular because of his 

exceptional skill in Quranic recitation. He was blessed with a very beautiful voice and was well admired for that.

He died on Friday the 14th of February 1969, at Okaishie in Accra. 

He had no children.

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