An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Wednesday gave orders for four men to be remanded in a correctional centre for alleged unlawful possession of firearms.

The suspects, Bashiru Shittu, 39; Hassan Omobolaji, 38; Korode Oguntoyinbo, 22 and Abiodun Benson, 23 were charged with conspiracy, belonging to an unlawful society and illegal possession of firearms.

Magistrate A.S Odusanya, who refused the plea of the suspects, ordered that they should be remanded in Kirikri Correctional Centre.

Odusanya directed the police to send the case file to the state Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for advice, after which she adjourned the case until Jan. 27, 2022 for DPP advice.

Before now, the Prosecution Counsel Insp. Emmanuel Ajayi, informed the court that the suspects and others at large, committed the offence on Oct. 14 at Ibeshe, Ikorodu, Lagos State.

He also said that the four men were members of an unlawful society known as “Eiye’ confraternity.

He explained that the police had, through a distress call from members of the community, been informed that some cultists were attacking one another.

“The police stormed the area, arrested the suspects while others escaped.

“When they were searched, two guns and one expended cartridge were recovered from them,” the prosecutor said.

He also said that the offence was in violation of the provisions of sections 42, 330 and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Section 42 prescribes three years’ jail term for belonging to an unlawful society while section 330 attracts seven years of unlawful possession of firearms.

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