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
case law
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