#ObscureLegalFacts By Arome Abu.
PENALTY FOR STALKING IN NIGERIA.
In Nigeria, it is an offence for a person to stalk another.
Under the law, stalking means “repeatedly watching or loitering outside of or near the building or place where such a person resides, works, carries out business, studies or happens to be; or
following, pursuing or accosting any person in a manner which induces fear or anxiety”.
PENALTY
Fine of 500,000
2 years imprisonment.
See Section 17 (1) & 46 of the Violence Against Persons Act 2015
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