Freedom of Expression and Sedition

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RIGHT OF EXPRESSION UNDER THE NIGERIAN CONSTITUTION: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES BY AMAJU RAPHAEL AONDOFA MATRIC NO: 06/40IA046 MAY 2011 RIGHT OF EXPRESSION UNDER THE NIGERIAN CONSTITUTION: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES BY AMAJU RAPHAEL AONDOFA MATRIC NO: 06/40IA046 BEING A LONG ESSAY SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF LAW, UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN, ILORIN, NIGERIA, IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF LAW (LL.B HONS.) IN COMMON LAW MAY 2011 ii CERTIFICATION This is to certify that this long essay: RIGHT OF EXPRESSION UNDER THE NIGERIAN CONSTITUTION: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES was written by AMAJU RAPHAEL AONDOFA. It has been read and approved as meeting part of the requirement for the award of Bachelor of Law (LL.B Hons.) Degree in Common Law, in the Faculty of Law, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria. DR. I. A. YUSUF Supervisor DATE _______________ SIGNATURE ____________ DR. I. A. YUSUF HOD of Host Dept. Dept. of Public Law DATE _______________ SIGNATURE ____________ PROF. A. A. ZUBAIR HOD of Graduating Dept. Dept. of Islamic Law DATE _______________ SIGNATURE ____________ DR. WAHAB O. EGBEWOLE Dean, Faculty of Law DATE _______________ SIGNATURE ____________ _______________________ EXTERNAL EXAMINER DATE ________________ SIGNATURE ________________ iii ABSTRACT The entrenchment of Right of Expression as a fundamental human right in Nigeria could be traced to the 1960 Independence Constitution and those that followed it. The Independence Constitution of 1960 and the Republican Constitution of 1963 have provisions for the protection of fundamental human rights. The 1979 and the 1999 constitutions went further by providing a bill of right. This entrenchment of human right provisions in our constitutions was aimed at creating a society which protects political freedom as well as the social and economic well-being of

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