"There are strong and weak judges"

This decree not only introduced legislation by military Decrees and Edicts but forbade the Courts from inquiring into the validity of those Decrees and Edicts. It also suspended and modified several provisions of Nigeria's 1963 Republican Constitution.

Nigeria was enveloped by fear as military power surged to the fore. The Prime Minister of the civilian era and a regional Premier lay dead in their graves. There was fear and trepidation all around. It was in this environment that the first test of Decree No. 1 of 1966 came before the Supreme Court. This was the case of The Council of the University of Ibadan v Adamolekun. On August 7 1967 judgment was ready. The five Justices of the Supreme Court filed into the Court, led by Sir Adetokunbo Ademola, Chief Justice of Nigeria.