Sipikin never attended a formal Western school but, later in life, he studied under his more educated friends like Sa'adu Zungur, Maitama Sule and Aminu Kano.
Zungur's poem urged the Emirs of the North to align with Nigeria's rapid modernisation while preserving its Islamic identity.
Sipikin rejected this position as indicated in his reply, calling for the abolition of the emirate system in favor of embracing Republican ideals in the North.
[5][6][7] He published about 300 poems, which were on various topics such as religion, politics, economic life, science and "the conditions of living of the population".
[8][9] During the late 1940s and early 1950s, Sipikin helped establish the Northern Elements Progressive Union (NEPU).
In March 1951, he founded the Askianist Movement which, until its collapse in 1955 due to financial irregularities, acted as an off-shoot of NEPU.