Prohibitted Weapons In Public Meetings And Assemblies In Nigeria

#ObscureLegalFacts by Arome Abu

PROHIBITTED WEAPONS IN PUBLIC MEETINGS AND ASSEMBLIES IN
NIGERIA

In Nigeria, it is an offence for a person while present at any
meeting or public assembly to have in his possession, any cutlass,
matchet, knife, dagger, axe, horsewhip (Koboko), wood, bow and
arrow, spear, stone, tear gas gun, or any other thing capable of
being used to inflict or cause injury.

PENALTY.
Imprisonment for 12 months without the option of a fine.

EXCEPTIONS.
A person shall not be guilty of the foregoing offence if he is
acting in his capacity as a police officer or as a member of the
armed forces of the
Federation or as a member of any corps recognised by law or as a
member of a fire brigade established by law.

SEE SECTION 8 of the PUBLIC ORDER ACT.

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enlightenment purposes and is not intended to be any form of legal
advice.

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COUNTER ATTACKS: Again, 5 Terrorists Killed in Fatori, 2
Soldiers Wounded

NIGERIAN ARMY TROOPS RECORD A SECOND SUCCESSIVE VICTORY AGAINST
BOKO HARAM CRIMINAL ELEMENTS IN MALAM FATORI WITHIN 24 HOURS

In what could be adjudged as another futile revenge mission,
some uncoordinated and cowardly remnants of the Boko Haram/ISWAP
criminal elements staged yet another unsuccessful attack on the
location of the troops of 64 and 98 Task Force Battalions and
elements of the Armed Forces Special Forces Battalion at Malam
Fatori in Abadam LGA of Borno State. It could be recalled that on
13th November 2019, some marauding Boko Haram criminal elements
attempted to infiltrate the troops’ location by launching an
unsuccessful attack with Person Borne Improvised Explosive Devices
(PBIEDs), Gun Trucks, Rocket Propelled Guns and other small arms
but were decisively annihilated, having been made to suffer very
high casualties in both men and equipment.

Within less than 24 hours of their devastating defeat however,
the outgunned criminal insurgents launched another desperate attack
on the highly spirited troops of Mallam Fatori in the wee hours of
today, 15 November 2019.

In their swift and highly coordinated response, the gallant and
relentless troops at the location once again brought their
resilience, bold action and superior fire power/lethality to bear
on the criminal insurgents as they handed them another crushing
defeat. At the end of this particular encounter, one Boko Haram Gun
Truck was completely burnt along with 3 of the criminal insurgents
that were trapped in it.

Apparently, the vehicle was gutted by fire as a result of the
high volume of fire delivered by the troops. Furthermore, 2 of the
Boko Haram criminal elements were equally neutralised during the
ensuing gun battle between the troops and the criminal insurgents.
Some of the equipment captured from the criminal insurgents during
this futile mission include one Anti-Aircraft Gun, one
Anti-Aircraft Gun barrel, 8 AK 47 Riffles, one Rocket Propelled Gun
tube, 3 AK 47 magazines, one bandolier, 2 rounds of Anti-Aircraft
Gun ammunition and one Rocket Propelled Grenade bomb. Subsequently,
the Air Task Force, Operation LAFIYA DOLE went on the trail of the
routed remnants of the insurgents to ensure their total
obliteration. Regrettably, 2 gallant soldiers sustained gunshot
wounds during this encounter. Both of them have already been
stabilized and are already responding positively to treatment at a
military hospital.

The Theatre Commander, Operation LAFIYA DOLE Maj Gen Olusegun
Adeniyi on behalf of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur Yusufu
Buratai once again conveys his message of encouragement to the
troops for a job well done. He further enjoins them to continue to
mount pressure on the insurgents until they are forced to total
submission.

AMINU ILIYASU
Colonel
Nigerian Army Operations Media Coordinator
15 November 2019