Is Amphetamine legal in Nigeria?

Legal status

Controlled. The Nigeria dossier places amphetamine under sections 11, 20 and 52 of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act, Cap N30 (the NDLEA Act), on the incorporated schedule entry «Amfetamine.», and states that section 52 defines the controlled class by the 1961 or 1971 Convention schedules. The dossier does not say which of the two Conventions or which of their schedules prints the entry, and it does not name the edition of the schedules it read; it records the entry as checked on 20 September 2026 against the INCB list cited in source_url. The previous cell for this substance, sourced as listed in source_url, also records that amphetamine is not named on the face of the Act, that sections 11 and 19 extend to «any other similar drugs», that it is also caught by section 20(1)(a), which transposes the 1961 and 1971 Conventions, and that it is a registrable medicine handled under the NAFDAC Controlled Medicines Regulations 2019.

Consequences if caught

Capital exposure: none. The ceiling the dossier records for amphetamine is imprisonment for life: it states that sections 11(a) to (c) and 20(2)(a) of the Act prescribe life imprisonment for the specified production, trafficking or dealing conduct, that no quantity threshold is stated, and that the words «shall» and «be imprisonment for life» make the life term mandatory on the section's face. The previous cell for this substance, sourced as listed in source_url, records two routes. On the section 19 route, knowing possession carries not less than fifteen and not more than 25 years. On the section 20 route, possession for the purpose of dealing is section 20(1)(c) and carries fifteen to 25 years under section 20(2)(b), while production, sale, transport, import or export is section 20(1)(a) and carries life under section 20(2)(a). It also records a 2026 Federal High Court cannabis case in which the charge read «a narcotic drug similar to cocaine, LSD, heroin», laid contrary to section 21(2) and punishable under section 11(b), and that diversion of a licensed pharmaceutical supply is an offence under regulation 14(1)(a) of the NAFDAC Controlled Medicines Regulations 2019, carrying a maximum of one year or a fine not exceeding N50,000 for an individual, and that the penalty depends on which regime is charged. Section 21(2) deems a person who does the act, enables or aids another, or counsels or procures another to commit the offence, and section 21(3) makes that person liable to the principal offender's punishment.

If prescribed or medical

There is a lawful medical channel. Amphetamine is a controlled medicine within regulation 15 of the NAFDAC Controlled Medicines Regulations 2019 and moves through licensed facilities under permit. A personal supply should be carried with its prescription, and the lawful authority qualification in sections 11 and 19 is what a valid Nigerian prescription engages. Carried forward from the previous cell, not re-read in this pass.

Documentation

The dossier row this cell rests on does not state a traveller documentation rule for amphetamine.

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