Conflict started from the creation of the earth. The Holy Bible recorded that there was war in heaven- that was a dispute or conflict of interest; Conflict also resurfaced between Eve and the Serpent, God and Mankind, God and the serpent and then Man against man as in Cain and Abel and has continued till date. Whenever two or more human beings come together, especially to pursue a common objective, there is bound to be divergences of interests, values, and perspectives; and this disharmony can result to Conflict otherwise referred to as disputes. Conflicts/disputes are bound to occur in a given society, thus in order to ensure peaceful co-habitation of men within a given society, a medium was created to harmonize the disharmony among men and these are otherwise referred to as the ways of resolving conflicts. Thus, conflicts can be resolved through judicial process (Court System) or non-judicial process (this includes the Traditional methods of dispute resolution and other Alternative Dispute Resolution methods. Each of the means of resolving disputes have their respective pros and cons. Before the invasion of the British men into Nigeria, there had been some existing traditional methods of settling disputes in the respective communities in Nigerian, however in this work our scope shall be limited to Afikpo in Ebonyi State of Nigeria. In this Study, we shall consider the concept of conflict, the judicial and non-judicial means of resolving conflicts in Nigeria and specifically the traditional method of settling Land disputes in Afikpo (mostly referred to as Ehugbo by the indigenes).
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