Section 428: Unlawful possession of arms, etc., belonging to armed or police

forces
Any person who‐
[L.N. 112 of 1964.]
(a) knowingly detains, buys, exchanges, or receives, from any non‐commissioned
officer or private of the armed forces of Nigeria or from any member of the police
forces, or from any deserter from either of such forces, or from any person acting for
and on behalf of any of the persons above named; or
(b) solicits or entices any of the said persons to sell, make away with, or dispose of; or
(c) shall be employed by any of the said persons, well knowing him to belong to one or
other of such forces in one of the several capacities hereinbefore mentioned, or to be a
deserter from any of the said forces, to sell, make away with, or dispose of; or
(d) shall have in his possession and not give a satisfactory account of his possession of
any arms, ammunition, clothing, accoutrements, medals or other appointments,
furnished for the use of the armed forces of Nigeria or of the police forces,
is liable to a fine of forty naira and to pay double the value of all or any of the several
articles which he shall so become or be possessed of.