The study attempts to underscore this point, by undertaking an in-depth discussion and analysis of how these states gradually transformed into a centralized polity over the years. To this end, oral and archival materials were put to play through an analytical approach, in establishing the historical process leading to the establishment of a centralized polity among the people. The study has revealed that internal crises within the polity over the years brought about significant transformations in the structures of individual lineages and states, leading to the present political arrangement referred to as Minna Emirate.