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Decree 4 targets press reports embarrassing officials

Public Officers Protection Against False Accusation Decree No. 4 criminalized certain publications about officials.

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1984

Decree 4 targets press reports embarrassing officials

Public Officers Protection Against False Accusation Decree No. 4 criminalized certain publications about officials.

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Public Officers Protection Against False Accusation Decree No. 4 criminalized certain publications about officials. Journalists Tunde Thompson and Nduka Irabor were convicted under it.

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