Nigerian Penal Code Act

Section 259 - Wrongful confinement in secret.

Whoever wrongfully confines a person in such manner as to indicate an intention that the confinement of that person may not be known to a person interested in the person so confined or to a public officer or that the place of the confinement may not be known to or discovered by any such person or public officer as hereinbefore mentioned, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years in addition to any other punishment to which he may be liable for such wrongful confinement.

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