ARMED FORCES ACT

Section 88: Injurious disclosures

1994Section 88 of 292Federal Republic of Nigeria

(1) A person subject to service law under this Act who, without authority, discloses orally, in writing, by signal or by any other means whatsoever, any information which is or purports to be information useful to an enemy, is guilty of an offence under this section and liable, on conviction by a court-martial, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or any less punishment provided by this Act.
(2) In this section, "information useful to an enemy" means information as to any matter such that information as to it would or might be directly or indirectly useful to an enemy, and in particular (but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions of this subsection) information as to any matter falling within the following paragraphs of this subsection, being a matter such that information as to it would or might be useful to an enemy, that is-
(a) the number, description, armament, equipment, disposition, movement or condition of any of the services of the Armed Forces or of any forces co-operating with the Armed Forces, or any ship, aircraft or thing belonging to the Armed Forces or to any of those forces; or
(b) any operation or projected operation of the Armed Forces or of any forces cooperating with the Armed Forces or of any ship, aircraft or thing belonging to the Armed Forces or to any of those forces; or
(c) any code, cipher, call sign, password or countersign; or
(d) any measure for the defence or fortification of any place on behalf of Nigeria; or
(e) the number, description or location of a prisoner of war; or
(f) munitions of war.

Cite this section

Section 88, ARMED FORCES ACT (1994).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/armed-forces-act/section/88/