sentences:  While in Kano, he met Sheik Sa'id Hayatu, a man widely considered one of the most prominent victims of colonial rule.Hayatu was the leader of the Mahdiyya movement and had just returned from a forced sojourn in Cameroon.Abubakar became enthralled with the teachings of the movement and briefly became a follower of the Mahdiyya movement; he later married Hayatu's daughter, Maryam.