Section 174: Defendant bound by recognizance to appear before a court or police may be committed to prison

Where an application is made before the Court by information on oath by a complainant, surety or other person that a defendant bound by recognizance to appear by court or police officer:(a) is about to leave Nigeria; or
(b) for the purpose of evading justice, is about to leave or has left the division or district of the court before which he is to appear or in which he normally resides, the court may cause him to be arrested and may commit him to prison until the trial, unless the court considers it fit to admit him to bail on further recognizance.