Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Bayan Jafananci ya mika wuya
zuwa ga Allies da Sanarwar Independence Indonesian a 1945, a ranar 3 ga Oktoba Nyak Arif aka zaba ya zama na farko mazaunin Aceh. A wannan matsayin ya kula da janyewar Japan daga Aceh bayan ya hana abokan kawancen damar yin hakan; duk da arangama da wasu sojojin Japan a Bireuën, daga karshe duk sun kwance makamai suka koma mahaifarsu. A ranar 17 ga Janairu 1946 an ayyana shi a matsayin babban janar yayin da yake aiki a matsayin ma'aikacin kwamandan sojan Sumatra.