Section 52: Power to notify cases especially liable to deportation

(1) The Minister may from time to time by notice direct that persons within any category specified in the notice, entering Nigeria otherwise than by land, sea or air, shall be liable to deportation as prohibited immigrants without the intervention of any court; and any person in any such category may be arrested and detained by an immigration officer within a reasonable time and may, subject to sub-section (2) of this Section, be deported forthwith. If any person is to be deported under this section, the immigration officer shall report the case in writing as soon as possible to the comptroller-General of Immigration.
(2) The power to arrest or to deport under this section may be exercised by a superior immigration officer.