A Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Thursday ordered the remand of two men in a correctional centre over alleged unlawful possession of gun and attempted murder.
The police charged Azeez Sodiq, 28 and Taiwo Hassan, 24 with felony, unlawful possession of firearm, attempted murder and also belonging to an unlawful society.
The Magistrate, Mr A.J. Aina, directed the police to return the case file to the office of the Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for legal advice.
He, thereafter, adjourned the case till Sept. 30.
Earlier, the Prosecutor, Insp Edet Ekpe, told the court that Sodiq, Hassan and others, now at large, committed the offences on May 27 at No. 3, Yahaya Close, Check-point, Badagry area of Lagos.
Ekpe said that the suspects conspired among themselves to commit felony to wit: unlawful possession of locally-made pistol.
He said that the defendants were arrested with one life cartridge.
“The defendants and others, at large, unlawfully armed themselves with locally-made pistol, one life cartridge and attempted to murder one Risikat Wahab, the complainant,” he said.
The prosecutor said that the duo and others, at large, belonged to unlawful society known as Eye Confraternity.
According to him, the offences contravene the provisions of Sections 411, 51, 42 and 230 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Section 51 carries two years imprisonment for unlawfully displaying arms in public. (NAN)
