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STATE SECURITY (DETENTION OF PERSONS) (No.3) Decree No. 10 [5th March 1966] WHEREAS I, :\IAJOR-GENERAL JoHNSON THOMAS UMUNAKWE AcuiYI lRONSI, Head of the Federal Military Government, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, am satisfied that the arrest and the detention of the persons specified in the Schedule hereto are in the interest of the security of Nigeria and it is expedient to make this decree accordingly : NOW THEREFORE THE FEDERAL MILITARY GOVERNMENT hereby decrees that Commenc ment. 1. The persons so specified shall be detained for a period not exceeding Power to six months from the …