Why did colonial governments appoint warrant chiefs in southern West Africa

To show that they were establishing a system of indirect rule

Explanation:so that successors in south Nigeria believed the local government they inherited was not a indirect  rule continued

some people think that any appointment of subordinate agents of govern- Moor and Sir Walter Egerton who instituted the Warrant Chief System did so their successors in Southern Nigeria who believed that the local government system 2 West Africa, No.2 Laws of the Colony of Southern Nigeria , Vol. ii (1908)

Explanation:

judaism, christianity and islam, are all abrahamic religions and therefore have in common the hebrew idea of a single god which is the source of all morality. the idea of the covenant is only related to judaism, while dharma is a concept of indian religions and the four noble truths are basic principles of buddhism.