Section 10: Surrender of fugitive in due course after committal.

(1) A fugitive criminal committed to prison under section 9 of this Act shall not be surrendered before the expiration of fifteen days beginning with the day on which he is so committed or, if a writ of habeas corpus has been issued, until the court has given its decision on the return to the writ, whichever is the later.
(2) Subject to the provisions of subsection (1) of this section and, where a writ of habeas corpus has been issued, if the fugitive criminal is not discharged by the decision of the court on the return to the writ, the Attorney-General, unless it appears to him that the surrender of the fugitive is precluded by law, may by order direct the fugitive to be surrendered to any person authorised by the country requesting the surrender to receive him, and the criminal shall be surrendered accordingly.
(3) Any person to whom an order under subsection (2) of this section directs a fugitive criminal to be surrendered may receive, hold in custody and convey out of Nigeria the person surrendered to him in pursuance of the order, and if the person so surrendered escapes from any custody to which he has been delivered in pursuance of the order, he shall be liable to be retaken in the same manner as any person who escapes from lawful custody.