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STATE SECURITY (DETENTION OF PERSONS) (No. 7) DECREE 1966 Decree No. 39 [26th April1966] WHEREAS I, MAJOR-GENERAL JoHNSON THOMAS UMUNAKWE AGUIYI lRoNsi, Head of the National 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 D ecree are in the interest of the security of Nigeria and it is expedient to make this D ecree accordingly : NOW THEREFORE THE NATIONAL MILITARY GOVERN MENT hereby decrees that 1. The persons so specified shall be detained for a period not exceed…