Court: High Court

Year: 1977

Principle(s): A queenmother can be (or is) a chief; Judicial functions of a Traditional Council are exercised by its judicial committee.

Court: Supreme Court

Year: 2017

Principle(s): The head of a migrant community is not a chief within the meaning of Article 277.

Court: Court of Appeal

Year: 1984-86

Principle(s): Meaning of a chief. Entry of name in national register of chiefs no longer a condition precedent for one to be a chief

Court: Supreme Court

Year: 1997-1998

Principle(s): 1. The head of a market association and other such groupings, despite being called chief, is not a chief within the constitutional and statutory definition of a chief. 2. A cause or matter affecting chieftaincy is not limited to only issues on the nomination, installation, enskinment, or enstoolment of a chief but extends to the constitutional relations under customary law between chiefs. 3. When there is a cause or matter affecting chieftaincy in an action, the High Court does not have jurisdiction to entertain such an action.