The body which actually shared power with the Fon and deputised for him was the council of elders or Kwifor.
The strength of Kwifor lay in its role as a council of kingmakers and was thus a check on royal power.
The Kwifor assisted the Fon in the judicial investigation of serious cases which could not be dealt with at family, quarter or village levels.
When investigations were completed the Fon delivered judgement but Kwifor would undertake its execution.
One may broadly divide the chiefdom into two in order to understand its local administration: The Tanukuru, along with the other bukum, constituted a governing council – the Butabunukuru.