 These wars were not to seize until the French conquests of 1899 and the later incursions by Rabeh and Fadallah that diverted Bornoan attention from the Sokoto Caliphate.In 1903, While on a Homage visit to Sokoto, the British's Kano-Sokoto Expedition attacked Kano.It is still being debated as to whether Aliyu had been informed of the British attack before he left for Sokoto or Not.