Nigerian Penal Code Act

Section 293 - Putting person in fear of injury in order to commit extortion.

Whoever in order to commit extortion puts a person in fear or attempts to put a person in fear of any injury to that person or to any other, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years or with fine or with both.

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