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Title: | Intoxication and criminal responsibility under the criminal and penal codes of Nigeria |
Author: | Vukor-Quarshie, George N. |
Year: | 1984 |
Periodical: | Jahrbuch für afrikanisches Recht |
Volume: | 5 |
Pages: | 159-175 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Nigeria |
Subjects: | liability drunkenness criminal law |
Abstract: | Although no hard facts are available on the precise role intoxication plays in criminal cases in Nigeria there is no doubt that alcohol frequently plays a significant part. The author examines the circumstances under which intoxication may affect criminal responsibility under the penal and criminal codes of Nigeria. The general rule proclaimed by both codes is that it is no defence for an accused person to plead that he acted in a state of intoxication, though this rule is relaxed in cases where intoxication is 'innocent' or 'involuntary'. The principles upon which the Nigerian rules are based are scrutinized and the author evaluates whether these rules are efficacious as well as just. He advocates the creation of an independent offence of 'being drunk and dangerous' to deal with obviously unacceptable conduct of intoxicated offenders. Notes, ref. |