Bello was sufficiently successful in battle and was a respected ruler; at the time of Atiku's accession, Sokoto was fully established.
[2] He was selected over Ali Karami, the Sarkin Gobir, Isa and Umar Buhari, a grandson of Uthman Dan Fodio.
Rabah, a settlement upstream of Sokoto was expanded and in the south, Ahmad's brother, Umaru Nagwamatse created the emirate of Kontagora.
Atiku admonished the Sullubawa and the populace to keep the law and not to take rewards for returning missing animals, cease selling farms, to obey the call of jihad and the summons of the Alkalis[5][6] Atiku also reduced threat of the Gobirawa using a division between the Sarkin Gobir Bawa na Gwanki and one of his kinsmen, prince Dan Halima.
Dan Halima made a peace pact with Atiku and was allowed to establish a new town Sabon Birni while he was recognized as chief of all the Gobirawa in that part of the Sultanate.