Section 187 Nigerian Evidence Act 2011
Section 187 Evidence Act 2011
Section 187 Evidence Act 2011 is titled ‘Communications during marriage‘. It is under Part XI (WITNESSES) of the Act. It states as follows:
No husband or wife shall be compelled to disclose any communication made to him or her during marriage by any person to whom he or she is or has been married nor shall he or she be permitted to disclose any such communication, unless the person who made it, or that person’s representative in interest, consents, except in suits between married persons, or proceedings in which one married person is prosecuted for an offence specified in section 182(1) of this Act.