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  • Contempt Of Court In Nigerian Criminal Law

  • O. N. Rewane
  • Journal:
    Journal of African Law / Volume 1 / Issue 3 / Autumn 1957
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    28 July 2009, pp. 172-185
    Print publication:
    Autumn 1957

  • The more the self-government of Nigeria becomes a reality, the more important is the question of the independence of the judiciary and the more relevant is the question of the law of contempt of court. The judiciary is mainly staffed by British and Nigerian judges and magistrates drawn from the different national groups and regions of the Federation. It is therefore not impossible that as more cases of political interest go before the courts, the judges and magistrates may be exposed to unnecessary suspicion or pressures because of their places of origin, whatever the colour of their skins. Let me illustrate this point.