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PENALTY FOR STALKING

PENALTY FOR STALKING

by | Jun 8, 2015 | Uncategorized

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 Being a pretty girl
or handsome chap fitbe trouble can
be a curse sometimes because your fine boy or fine girl beauty or good
looks will attract the good, the bad and the ugly to you. LOL. A friend once
told me she gave her gate keeper strict orders not to let anyone into her house
unauthorized because a certain young man had been stalking her by showing up at
her door uninvited and calling her phone several times even though she didn’t
give him the time of day. I know this is a major issue facing a lot of ladies
but I am glad to announce that respite is here for ladies in Abuja as stalking
has been officially labelled a crime by the recent Violence Against Persons Act
(2015) passed into law by President Jonathan.
Section 17 (1) of
the Act provides that:

“ A person who
stalks another commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a term of
imprisonment not exceeding 2 years or to a fine not exceeding N500, 000 or
both.”
One must also note
that even an attempt to stalk another person can earn the stalker a jail term
not exceeding one year or a fine not exceeding N200, 000 or both.
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Inciting another to
commit the act of stalking is also a crime and the culprit will be liable to
not more than one year in prison or a fine of N200, 000 or both.
Also aiding a
stalker makes one an accessory after the fact and such person is liable to jail
term not exceeding a year or a fine not exceeding N100,000 or both.
If you know a
stalker, save them jail term or a fine and send this blog post to them and if
are the victim of a stalker, call the police because that person is definitely
going to jail according to the law. Note however that if your husband or
wife is a monitoring spirit, this law may not be able to help you,LOL.
AdedunmadeOnibokun,
Esq.
@adedunmade
HOW TO BE AN ACCESORY TO CRIME

HOW TO BE AN ACCESORY TO CRIME

by | Feb 5, 2015 | Uncategorized


 

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Imagine a scenario where your friend has nuked the whole
Lagos state shoreline committed an offence and he/she leads the security
service to you runs to you for help. What you do at that point determines
if you are a good friend or not will be held to be an accessory after
the fact .i.e. you aided or took part in some act that aided your friend in
carrying out that offence or even helping them escape the law. Question is, how
does one know if they are accessories to a crime? 

There are 3 basic types of offences, namely, felonies,
misdemeanours, and simple offences. 
A felony is any offence which is declared by law to be a
felony, or is punishable, without proof of previous conviction, with death or
with imprisonment for three years or more. Examples of offences which are
felonies include: fraudulently collecting 20 billion dollars from Dangote
armed robbery, rape, murder, treason etc. By virtue of Section 519 of the
Criminal code, any person who becomes an accessory after the fact to a felony
is guilty of a felony and if no punishment is provided such person is liable to
imprisonment for 2years. This means if you aid any person who commits a felony
after he has committed that felony, you are as guilty as the offender is. 
 

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A misdemeanour is any offence which is declared by law to be
a misdemeanour, or is punishable by imprisonment for not less than 6 months,
but less than three years. Examples are offences relating to witchcraft and
juju #Edo-Airway-Things. Section 520 of the Criminal Code says that any
person who is an accessory to a misdemeanour is guilty of that misdemeanour and
liable to a punishment equal to one-half of the greatest punishment to which the
principal offender is liable on conviction. So let’s say, your friend the main vandamme
in the film culprit will be liable to 3 years in jail for the offence he
committed, the accessory will be liable to one-half of that. 
All, offences other than felonies and misdemeanours, are
simple offences. E.g. to disturb a religious worship. Any person who becomes an
accessory after the fact to simple offence is guilty of a simple offence, and
is liable to a punishment equal to one-half of the greatest punishment to which
the principal offender is liable on conviction. This is the same as above. 
So get informed and let all your friends and family be
informed as well. Don’t go around being an accessory after the fact to a crime.
Adedunmade Onibokun Esq,
@adedunmade

LEARN THE MEANING OF THESE LEGAL TERMS

LEARN THE MEANING OF THESE LEGAL TERMS

by | Nov 14, 2014 | Uncategorized


 

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“A Felony”
means an offence on conviction for which a person can, without proof of his
having been previously convicted of an offence, be sentenced to death or to imprisonment
for 3 years or more, or which is declared by law to be a felony.
“Indictable
offence” means any offence –
1.    
Which on conviction may be punished by a term of imprisonment exceeding
two years; or 
2.    
 Which on conviction may be punished by imposition of a fine
exceeding four hundred naira;
Not being an offence declared by the law creating
it to be punishable on summary conviction.
“Legal
Guardian” in relation to an infant, child, young person, or juvenile
offender, means a person appointed, according to law, to be his guardian by
deed or will, or by order of court of competent jurisdiction.