Ogbakiri Community Conflict and its Management Approaches

Abstract

The purpose of this article was to analyze the method used to handle communal conflict in Ogbakiri using a descriptive survey. A sample size of 400 was drawn using Taro Yamane from the study's population of 201,901. The respondents' information was gathered using a 33-item questionnaire that was self-designed. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data that had been obtained. Result showed that traditional leaders, town criers, vigilante groups, social institutions, eleawerenzi (married women), omereny (adult daughters), the authority of the ancestors, elders, the use of law enforcement personnel, the use of courts, and the constitution of fact-finding committees were the main conflict management systems in Ogbakiri because only the government cannot resolve intercommunal disputes hence, committees comprising of archeologists, historians, and traditional rulers should be set up by the government to put up all historic facts right to avoid twisting of facts.