Section 2: Protection of defence establishments, etc.

(1) A person who, for any purpose prejudicial to the security of Nigeria-
(a) enters or is in the vicinity of or inspects a protected place; or
(b) photographs, sketches or in any other manner whatsoever makes a record of the description of, or of anything situated in, a protected place; or
(c) obstructs, misleads or otherwise interferes with a person engaged in guarding a protected place; or
(d)
obtains, reproduces or retains any photograph, sketch, plan, model or document relating to, or to anything situated in a protected place, shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) A person charged with an offence under the foregoing subsection shall, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to have acted for a purpose prejudicial to the security of Nigeria if from his character or general conduct and from all the circumstances of the case it appears that he acted for such a purpose; but nothing in this subsection shall be construed as precluding the giving in evidence of matters tending to show that the accused acted for such a purpose.