Section 49: B. Joinder of charges and place of trial of offences

(1) Notwithstanding any rule of law or practice, charges for any offences, except
treason, may be joined with a charge for any offence against the preceding section in
the same charge or information, if those charges are founded on the same facts, or
form, or are a part of, a series of offences of the same or a similar character.
[L.N. 112 of 1964.]
(2) A person charged with an offence against this Chapter who is in Nigeria may,
whether or not the offence was committed in Nigeria or in any Nigerian ship or aircraft,
be taken in custody to any place in Nigeria, and may be proceeded against, charged,
tried and punished in any place in Nigeria, as if the offence had been committed in
that part of Nigeria, and for all purposes incidental to or consequential on the trial or
punishment of the offence it shall be deemed to have been committed in that part of
Nigeria.