Nigeria: Sections 416 and 418 of Penal Code (charge of inciting and causing disaffection to the federal military government)
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 24 August 1999 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | NGA32635.E |
| Reference | 1 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Nigeria: Sections 416 and 418 of Penal Code (charge of inciting and causing disaffection to the federal military government), 24 August 1999, NGA32635.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ad6548.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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No mention of ss. 416 and 418 of Penal Code (charge of inciting and causing disaffection to the federal military government) could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.
However, the following information may be of interest. In 20 August 1999 correspondence to the Research Directorate the Legal Officer of Interights, in London, stated:
Criminal law in Nigeria is on the concurrent legislative list which makes it both a state and federal matter. Nigeria, is a Federation, the result of the amalgamation in 1914 of two entities - a predominantly Christian Colony and Protectorate of Southern Nigeria and a predominantly Muslim Protectorate of Northern Nigeria. In the 17 States of Southern Nigeria, the applicable source of criminal law (with other modifications statutorily introduced) is the Criminal Code, which is different from the Penal Code which is applicable in the 19 States of Northern Nigeria.
Country Reports 1997 states that Ibrahim El-Zakzaky was arrested in 1996 on "charges of inciting disaffection against the federal and Kaduna state governments" (1998, section 2 c.).
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1997. 1998. United States Department of State. Washington, DC.
Interights, London. 20 August 1999. Correspondence from Legal Officer.
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Buffalo Criminal Law Center. Website.
Find Law, Law Crawler. Website.
Keesing's Record of World Events [Cambridge]. 1960 -1998.
U.S. House of Representative Internet Law Library. Website.
Electronic sources: IRB Databases, LEXIS/NEXIS, Internet, REFWORLD, World News Connection (WNC).