FACTORS THAT UNDERMINED INDIRECT RULE IN SOUTHERN NIGERIA
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the duties of the Emirs during Indirect rule in Northern Nigeria Imposed and collected tax. Tried cases in their Muslim courts and had their own prisons to jail those convicted. Maintained law and Order. Had to eliminate the practices that the British could not condone. After the merger of northern and southern Nigeria in 1914, Lugard tried but failed to establish Indirect Rule in southern Nigeria the factors that undermined Indirect Rule in Southern Nigeria Southern Nigeria did not have a centralized government suitable for the application of Indirect rule . The Igbo community resisted the introduction and payment of taxes. The Mission-educated elites felt left out and opposed the practice of appointing illiterate traditional as chiefs in the administration of their country. Unlike Northern Nigeria, southern Nigeria had many ethnic groups with diverse cultures, languages, and various political and religious systems, making it difficult to unite them under one ruler. Lugard a...