The Position Under The Nigeria Legal System
Here Nigeria is a country in the West of Africa that lies vast of the republic of Benin, South of the Republic of Nigeria and Chad and west of the republic of Cameron and north of to gulf of guinea.
The Nigeria legal system is made up of the comma law, statutory law, customary law and Islamic law,
Customary law and Islamic law. The common law is essentially as accumulated body of English
The statutory law comprises restatement of English statutes, which over the years have been amended or reenacted and written laws passed by the enabling body. The customary laws, where applicable, are the body of rules governing a particular group of people and Islamic law are religious tenets applicable to those subject to it.
Nigeria is a multi – ethnic nation with over two hundred and fifty different ethnic group there dominant groups account for nearly sixty percent of the countries total population of about one hundred and twenty million people. Theses are the Yoruba, who are pre dominantly in the southeast, the Igbo’s in the southeast and the Hausa in the north.
In Nigeria Africa countries traditional customs deep rooted cultural mores and religious beliefs tend to complete with and in many cases overshadows the common laws and statutory laws with regard to some issues.
Issues relating in violence against women in Nigeria. The highest incidence of violence occur in the home and the bosom of the closely knitted family, this is a contradiction as the Africa family is noted for being closely knit
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