My work focuses on the barriers to access to justice and the the drivers of street justice in Nigeria. I have engaged with secondary data like the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, statutes, journal articles, court judgments, books, international documents, newspapers, and so on, to examine the effectiveness of the judicial and legal processes and the factors encourage the resort to street justice. The work evaluated the inherent circumstances of the courts in Nigeria and the conditions of the justice seekers that make access to justice almost an impossibility. The judicial mechanism of dispute settlement does not often meet the justice needs of individuals and some people have become inclined to seek justice by other means outside courts. From the findings, recommendations were put forth to inform choices as well as seek avenues for improvement.