Section 364 of the Criminal Code Act in Nigeria. Kidnapping

Any person who‐

(1) unlawfully imprisons any person, and takes him out of Nigeria without his consent; or

(2) unlawfully imprisons any person within Nigeria in such a manner as to prevent him from applying to a court for his release or from discovering to any other person the place where he is imprisoned, or in such a manner as to prevent any person entitled to have access to him from discovering the place where he is imprisoned,

is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for ten years.

Section 364 of the Criminal Code Act in Nigeria

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