Sokoto Caliphate was a famous formation established by the Fulani Jihadists and their Hausa supporters in the Hausaland and environs, which led to the revival of the Hausaland traditional hegemony system and polity of Islam. Later, the British invaded the region and colonialized it. Still, the system laid by Usman Danfodio is unavoidable. The actors in this Danfodio system contributed hugely in the development using their traditional powers. One of the famous grand-scions of Usman Danfodio was the Sarkingobir Gwadabawa Abdurrahman MFR (who lived circa in 1903-1968 A.D.). Abdurrahman was from the Atikawa branch, popularly known for education and lerdership shrewdness. He obtained Islamic and Western education accordingly. He started representing Gwadabawa in the aspects of hegemony as early as 1916. Later in 1927-1931, Abdurrahman was turbaned as the Sardauna of Sokoto. In 1931, Abdurrahman was crowned as the Sarkingobir Gwadabawa, District Head of Gwadabawa, and a more important post than the Sardauna of Sokoto. During the reign of Abdurrahman as Sarkingobir Gwadabawa he recorded many achievements. He ensured the transmogrification of Illela bush to a town. He ensured many contributions in the development of Gwadabawa District and Illela. Many years after the demise of Abdurrahman, in 1989, Illela city became local government to be continually headed by Muhammadu Zayyana (Sarkingobir) as part of his Gwadabawa domain. In 1997, Muhammadu Tukur, son of Sarkingobir Abdurrahman was appointed as substantive district head of the whole Illela region disgorged from Gwadabawa. In 2020, Muhammadu Tukur was succeeded by his son, Buhari Tukur as district head of Illela region.