Historical X-ray of the Administration of the Judicial System in Ejigbo: 1922–1933
Keywords:
Ejibo, native court, land cases, villages, judicial system, British ruleAbstract
This paper examines the administration of the Judicial System in Ejigbo from 1922 to 1933. It analyses the composition and the changing role of Elejigbo in the Ejigbo District Council and the consolidation of British rule in the Ejigbo District Council. It also explains the Native Court System in Ejigbo within the period under review. As in most Yoruba towns, the Elejigbo title was hereditary and indicated royalty with a relationship to Oduduwa, the eponymous father of the Yoruba. Elejigbo was the paramount ruler of Ejigbo. A qualified royal prince set up a dynasty as in other Yoruba towns and laid claim to hereditary leadership. For a proper understanding of the nature of the authority of the Elejigbo therefore, one needs to know to what extent, constitutionally his official responsibilities were and how much of them he carried out in practice. In the exercise of his power,
the Elejigbo was the Chief Executive and had absolute control over the supreme organ of state, which comprised the Elejigbo and his chiefs. He derived his power from the tradition of kingship and the control of certain material resources obtained from tributary towns and villages under his jurisdiction. He was regarded as the source of all honors in the town and has absolute control of all lands, including hereditary houses in Ejigbo.
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