In 1974 he joined the September Revolution and, with Khalid Ajgayi of the Safin Forces of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, became a Peshmerga.
In 1974, Yehya Abdula and a group of his fellow fighters attacked a military convoy of the Iraqi regime of that time between Melok and Mergesor villages in the Betwate district. During the confrontation, Yehya Abdula was struck by a military bullet and martyred. His comrades then carried his body to the cemetery of Niwaweya village in Betwate district, where they buried him.
Source:1. Archive of the Encyclopedia Board of the Kurdistan Democratic Party