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THE WARRANT CHIEF SYSTEM IN EASTERN NIGERIA: DIRECT OR INDIRECT RULE?

structure of the Warrant Chief System before dealing with the ideas and assumptions of those who introduced it. In this connection it is necessary to point out that the Warrant Chief System could, with equal propriety, be called the Native Court system. Whatever position of responsibility, power and influence a Warrant Chief enjoyed derived from the 'warrant' or 'certificate of recognition' by the Government which made him a member of the Native Court. Even when