An In-Depth Analysis of Nigerian Preliminary Offences: Inchoate Crimes

Abstract

This work will analyze inchoate crimes under the Nigerian Law, the Nigerian status prohibiting these crimes are the Penal and the Criminal Codes Laws of Northern and Southern Nigeria respectively. Inchoate crimes represent such offences that are considered actionable and the law enforcement agencies are permitted by the law to intervene and stop the perpetrators on their track before realizing their criminal intentions. The work will attempt to review the problems of this aspect of the Law, which include difficulty of ascertaining the level to which parties to a crime participate in the commission of offences such as Conspiracy or Abetment. The objectives of this work would be achieved through doctrinal and empirical methods of research, recommendations would also be made for further research on this aspect of the law so that the area can be developed for contribution to the development of knowledge generally and criminal law in particular.