Section 84 Nigeria Police Act

Section 84 of the Nigeria Police Act 2020 is about Police to prevent offences and injury to public property. It is under Part IX (Prevention of Offences and Security for Good Behaviour) of the Act. It provides as follows:

(1) A police officer may intervene for the purpose of preventing, and shall, to the best of his ability, prevent the commission of an offence.

(2) A police officer may of his authority intervene to prevent an injury attempted to be committed in his presence to any public property, whether movable or immovable, or the removal of or injury to any public landmark or buoy or other mark used for navigation.