Kammala wannan magana: S.A. Ajayi ya koma lardin Kabba kuma ya shiga jam'iyyar Northern People's Congress, inda daga baya ya zama mataimakin shugaban jam'iyyar a lardin Kabba. A shekara ta 1955, an zabe shi a matsayin mai ba da shawara a cikin Gwamnatin 'Yan asalin Kabba kuma bayan shekara guda, ya sami kujerar a Majalisar Dokokin Arewa, kuma ya zama memba na majalisar zartarwa ta yankin a matsayin ministan harkokin gandun daji. An nada shi a matsayin ministan ilimi a 1963, a cikin rashin Isa Kaita. A lokacin da yake a Majalisar Dokoki ta Arewa, an nada shi sakataren majalisa ga Firayim Ministan Arewacin Najeriya, Ahmadu Bello daga 1957 zuwa 1960. Ya kasance daga cikin wakilan da suka tattauna kan 'Yancin Najeriya a Taron Lancaster House a London kuma ya jagoranci Wakilan Arewacin Najeriya zuwa London don Tattaunawa da Kaddamar da VC-10 Nigeria Airways. Ya kasance mamba ne na Ofishin Jakadancin Najeriya a Jamus ta Yamma kuma ya kasance minista har sai da gwamnatin su ta kifar da shi.
juyin mulkin soja a ranar 15 ga Janairu, 1966. A lokacin gwamnatin Shehu Shagari, an nada shi a cikin kwamitin gudanarwa na farko na Kamfanin Inshorar Kasa na Najeriya (NICON).