OFFENCES AGAINST PROPERTY IN NIGERIAN LAW WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE NORTHERN STATES
OFFENCES AGAINST PROPERTY IN NIGERIAN LAW WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE NORTHERN STATES
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Date
1988-10
Authors
HUSSEIN, MUKHTAR, ESQ.
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Abstract
This t h e s i s covers an a n a l y t i c a l study of offences
against property in Nigeria under the Penal Code which
a p p l i e s to the eleven Northern States and the Criminal
Code applicable to the ten Southern S t a t e s . More a t t e n t i on
Is , however, focused on the law applicable to t h e Northern
S t a t e s * Reference has been made to p r e - s t a t u t e period when
t h e only applicable laws were t h e Customary laws of crime
which varied from one community to another except the Muslim
community in the North which were governed by the Islami law
of crime long before t h e advent of the B r i t i s h . When the
B r i t i s h came, they established some B r i t i s h Courts and
g r a d u a l l y s u b s t i t u t e d the Customary laws of crime
(including Islamic law of crime) with the Common law.
The B r i t i s h c o l o n i a l i s t s l a t e r introduced a Criminal
Code which i n i t i a l l y applied only to the then Northern
Region and was l a t e r extended to the Southern Region
as w e l l . On the eve of independence the Penal Code
was drafted and applied, from the date of independence,
to the Northern Region while the Southern Region has
continued to apply Criminal Code.
Description
A t h e s i s submitted to the Postgraduate School Ahmadu Bollo University, in p a r t i a l fulfilment of the requirements for t h e degree of LL.M.
Keywords
OFFENCES, AGAINST PROPERTY, NIGERIAN LAW, PARTICULAR, REFERENCE, NORTHERN STATES