This was a quite popular and straightforward question and was attempted by many  candidates. The first part of the question was properly answered and the emirates were sufficiently listed. However, some candidates who attempted this question could not explain the identified points in part ‘b’ satisfactorily. In order to score good marks in this question, the candidates were expected to explain the following in the second part of the question:

(i)He united the emirates in the field of religion, culture, and politics;
(ii) allowed the emirates to enjoy their internal autonomy;
(iii) ensured political cooperation with his government and also enforced annual pilgrimage to Sokoto;
(iv) confirmed appointments of emirs in the emirates;
(v) through correspondence, he gave advice to the emirs in all matters according to Islamic code.