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Jir Assemblies: 
this is a mediator mechanism among the 
Tiv 
people in the North central zone of 
Nigeria. The 
Jir 
is 
an. 
assembly of neighbors and kinsmen which decides dispute from the simplest 
to the highest level. Bitter disputes are handled by 
jir ityo, 
a larger council of elders drawn from 

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all the segments of the society, forming a court of judicature. 
A 
Jir
 
is normally held in the 
compound or homestead of the person who initiates it; all the elders of his lineage come as guests 
to be the mediators or arbitrators.Before the commencemet of the session, the spirits of the 
ancestors are usually consulted for guidance and to be 
witnesses.jir 
can be done either at home 
level, clan level, community level or involving the entire 
Tiv 
land. It is used by the 
Tiv 
people to 
repair broken relationship and ensure peaceful co-existence (Gbenda . L 2010). 
Mato 
Oput: 
The 
AchoIi 
people of Northern Uganda believe that nonviolence is a search for truth 
through acceptance, forgiveness and reconciliation (Bongomin c., 2000). 
Mata Oput 
is a 
reconciliation ritual performed by the 
Acholi 
people. It is employed by the people's elders or rulers 
to subdue the bitter relationship between disputants. The essence of the ritual is nonviolent 
reconciliation. It entails offenders accepting responsibility for their action and repenting before 
they are cleansed with the 
Oput 
herbs and reintegrated back into the society. The Uganda rebels 
who had done so many atrocities beyond description were forgiven and accepted back into their 
societies by their people through the 
Mata Oput 
(Malan J, 1997). 
It is worthy to note that the nature of these methods is not adversarial or punitive. The 
emphasis is always on reconciliation; restoration and reintegration. For instance the 
Gacaca 
courts 
in Rwanda have tried cases of genocide leading to transitional justice and 
Mota Oput 
was 
employed to reconcile former LRA fighters with their communities in Northern Uganda. Other 
traditional methods like the 
Ukuzidla 
in South Africa and the 
fambultak 
in Sierra Leone were 
inculcated in the countries' Truth and Reconciliation Commissions processes following violent 
conflicts.