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Supplement to Official Gazette Extraordinary

THE STATE SECURITY (DETENTION OF PERSONS) DECREE 1967 Decree No. 11 [29th April1967] WHEREAS the Supreme Military Council is satisfied that the arrest and detention of the persons mentioned in the Schedule to 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 GOVERNMENT hereby decrees that 1. The persons named in the Schedule to this Decree shall be detained for a period not exceeding six months from the date of its commencement, in such place or places as the Supreme Military Council may from time…