An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, on Thursday, remanded two men in Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly having in their possession two locally-made guns and other dangerous weapons.
The defendants, Faruk Lawal, 23 and Toheeb Oladele, 22, are both unemployed and reside at Orile-Iganmu, Lagos.
The defendants are standing trial for unlawful possession of firearms, conspiracy, terrorism and causing breach of peace.
The Magistrate, Mrs O.O. Fajana, who did not listen to the defendants’ pleas, ordered their remand in Kirikiri Correctional Centre.
Fajana adjourned the case till Feb. 13 for advice from the Director of Public Prosecution.
Earlier, the Prosecutor, Insp Funmi Akinleye, told the court that the offences were committed on Nov. 9, 2022 at Awe junction, Orile-Iganmu, Lagos.
Akinleye said that a distress call was put across the police in that axis that some hoodlums were shooting sporadically and that they were fully armed.
He said that some police personnel were deployed to the scene and that when the hoodlums sighted them, they all ran away.
The prosecutor said that the defendants were arrested and that two locally-made guns, a battle axe and a cutlass were found in their bags.
The offences, according to the prosecutor, contravene Sections 27, 51, 298, 330 and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.Â
In similar development, a Zuba Upper Area Court on Thursday sentenced a 37-year-old trader, Masiru Sadiq to ten years imprisonment for sodomising a nine-year-old boy.
Sadiq of Kamkara Zuba, Abuja was convicted and sentenced after pleading guilty to unnatural offence.
He begged the court to forgive him and temper justice with mercy.
The Judge, Mr Mohammed Sani said the convict is not a first offender and refused to give him an option of fine,
Sani also ordered the convict to pay N50,000 as fine to court after serving his jail terms or serve two years imprisonment in lieu of the fine.
He said the punishment will serve as a deterrence to others and warned the convict to be a good citizen and of good behaviour and to desist from committing crime after serving his jail term.
He added that the punishment would have been stiffer if the convict had not saved the court the rigour of protracted Prosecution.
Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Chinedu Ogada told the court that on jan. 7 at about 9: pm a community vigilante group in Zuba arrested and brought the convict to Zuba Police Station.
Ogada said on the same date a 9 year old boy reported the matter to the community vigilante group.
Ogada told the court that during police investigation and interrogation the convict admitted committing the offence.
The prosecutor said that the offence contravened the provisions of Sections 284 of Penal Code.
