Section 247: Punishment for procuring and assisting desertion

A person who-(a) procures or persuades an officer, a soldier, rating or an aircraftman of the Armed Forces to desert or to absent himself without leave; or
(b) knowing that an officer, a soldier, rating or an aircraftman is about to desert or absent himself without leave, assists him in so doing; or
(c) knowing a person to be a deserter or an absentee without leave from the Armed Forces, conceals him or assists in his rescue from custody,
is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred naira or imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both such fine and imprisonment.