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Supplement to Official Gazette Extraordinary

STATE SECURITY (DETENTION OF PERSONS) (No.6) DECREE 1966 Decree No. 26 [19th April, 1966] WHEREAS I, MAJOR-GENERAL JoHNSON THOMAS UMUNAKWE AGUIYI IRONSI, 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 before the date of this Decree are in the interest of the security of Nigeria and it is expedient to make this Decree accordingly : NOW, THEREFORE, THE FEDERAL MILITARY GOVERN MENT hereby decrees that 1. The persons so specified shall be detained for a period not exceedi…