Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan dawowarsa, an sanya shi lauyan masarauta a 1956 kuma ya ci gaba har tsawon shekaru ashirin masu zuwa don rike mukamai da yawa a Gwamnatin Arewacin Najeriya wanda ya magance yawancin al'amuran shari'a. Ya shiga majalisar ministocin Sir Ahmadu Bello a matsayin Ministan Shari'a a 1961, ofishin da ya rike har zuwa lokacin da aka yanke masa hukuncin kisa.
Juyin mulkin 1966. Daga baya ya bar gwamnati cikin firgici game da kisan Sardauna don yin aiki da doka a zaman kansa. Ya yarda da yarda ya dawo a 1967 akan lura da karancin masana na doka a matsayin Babban Lauyan Gwamnatin Jihar Arewa ta Tsakiya.