Question 37
Colonial AdministrationA major reason why the warrant chiefs were rejected in Eastern Nigeria was that
- A.the chiefs were illiterates
- B.they were no indigenes
- C.they usurped the positions of the nationalists
- D.the system was not customary.
Show the answer and explanation
Answer: D (the system was not customary.)
Explanation
Chiefs with such powers were foreign to Igbo tradition, which had no kings, so the people did not accept them.