CRIMINAL CODE ACT

Section 8: Offences committed in prosecution of common purpose

2004Section 8 of 575Federal Republic of Nigeria

When two or more persons form a common intention to prosecute an unlawful purpose
in conjunction with one another, and in the prosecution of such purpose an offence is
committed of such a nature that its commission was a probable consequence of the
prosecution of such purpose, each of them is deemed to have committed the offence.

Cite this section

Section 8, CRIMINAL CODE ACT (2004).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/criminal-code-act/section/8/