Cika wannan jumla:
Faduwar Jamhuriyar Farko da karfafa karfin doka da siyasa ya haifar da yakin basasar Najeriya, an sanya Bello a matsayin babban alkalin kotun a Kaduna, a shekarar 1966, kuma ya kasance mai yin aiki kuma daga baya Babban Alkalin Arewacin Najeriya tsakanin 1969 zuwa 1975. Bayan shekaru tara a matsayin alkali a manyan kotunan Arewacin Najeriya, shugaban sojan kasar Murtala Mohammed ya nada Bello a kotun koli ta Najeriya.