Section 100 - Unlawful assembly defined.

An assembly of five or more persons is designated an unlawful assembly if the common object of the persons composing that assembly is-

(a) to overawe by criminal force or show of criminal force the Government of the Federation or any Government in Nigeria or a public officer in the exercise of his lawful powers; or

(b) to resist the execution of a law or of a legal process; or

(c) to commit a mischief or criminal trespass or other offence of any kind whatsoever, or

(d) by means of criminal force or show of criminal force to enforce a right or supposed right; or

(e) by means of criminal force or show of criminal force to compel a person to do that he is not legally bound to do or to omit to do what he is legally entitled to do. .

Explanation

An assembly which was not unlawful when it assembled, may subsequently become an unlawful assembly.