Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan dawowarsa, an sanya shi Babban 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 juyin mulkin 1966.
Ka yi haƙuri. 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.