Section 57: Obstructing the execution of a search and seizure warrant.

A person, who—
a refuses an authorised officer access to any premises, or fails to submit to a search by a person authorised to search him under this Act,
b assaults or obstructs any authorised officer or any accompanying person mentioned in section 79 of this Act in the execution of search and seizure warrant,
c conceals or attempts to conceal from, an authorised officer or any accompanying person, any book, document, or article, in relation to which the officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting or believing that an offence under an applicable Act has been or is being committed, or which is liable to seizure under this Act,
d rescues, endeavours to rescue, or causes to be rescued any person, who has been duly arrested or anything which has been duly seized under this Act, or
e destroys anything to prevent its seizure or securing of the thing under this Act,
commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of N5,000,000 or imprisonment for a term of at least two years or both.