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Supplement to Official Gazette Extraordinary

L.N. No. 26 of 1966 CRIMINAL CODE ACT (CAP. 42) Owegbe Cult (Declaration and Prohibition) Order 1966 Comme7lcement : 21st April 1966 In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 62 and 207 of the Criminal Code and of all other powers in that behalf, the Federal Executive Council hereby makes the following Order 1. The Society known as the Owegbe Cult (otherwise known as Owegbe Society) is hereby declared to be a society dangerous to the good govern ment of Nigeria. 2. Accordingly, the worship or invocation of the Owegbe juju (which includes Odolevbo, Aiwerioba, Izigidi, Airnuekpensulele, Ob…