ABSTRACT
This chapter examines some of the common breaches of customs, regulations and other offenses handled by the Afikpo indigenous institutions of conflict resolution. To further the understanding of the prohibited acts, a review of the sanctions of other African societies is undertaken. The chapter also examines offender-victim relationships in the Afikpo indigenous institutions of conflict resolution. Through this we come to appreciate the people’s processes of law making and social control, their definition of crime and deviance and their concept of justice. The specific processes and institutions involved in the resolution of conflict are analyzed in another section.
