Section 8: Supplementary provisions as to offences

(1) Without prejudice to any other provisions relating to the matters mentioned in the following paragraphs or cognate matters, a person who-
(a) attempts to commit an offence under this Act or regulations made thereunder; or
(b) aids, abets, counsels, incites, procures or commands the commission of such an offence; or
(c) becomes an accessory before or after the fact to such an offence; or
(d)
conceals or procures the concealment of such an offence which he knows has been committed, shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished as a principal offender; and references in this Act to such an offence, or to an offence under any provision of this Act, shall include references to an offence in pursuance of this subsection.
(2) Where it is alleged that an offence under this Act or regulations made thereunder has been committed outside Nigeria by a citizen of Nigeria, proceedings in respect of the offence may be brought in any court in Nigeria which would have had jurisdiction in the matter if the offence had been committed in the part of Nigeria for which the court acts.
(3) Without prejudice to any other power of arrest, a police officer may arrest without warrant any person whom he finds committing an offence under section 1, 2 or 3 of this Act, or whom he reasonably suspects of having committed such an offence.