The Nigerian judicial system is one that is greeted with a
hierarchical structure of court systems. Like the Yoruba culture, our
judicial system demands that, all lower courts must always prostrate
before the decision of the higher court, no matter the blood of error
soaked with the decision of the higher courts. The doctrine of stare
decisis compels all lower courts to respect higher courts decisions.
However, the pertinent question that seeks answer is; what is the
legal effect of conflict of decisions of the Supreme Court in Nigeria?
Simply put; what happens when there are two conflicting decisions
of the Supreme Court in Nigeria? This paper seeks to examine the
doctrine of judicial precedent in Nigeria and issues of conflict of
Supreme Court decisions in Nigeria.