Judiciary
Court arraigns 5 for alleged possession of firearms
Five men were on Friday brought before a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, for alleged possession of firearms and belonging to an unlawful society.
The defendants are: Ibrahim Rufai, 50; Adekola Ayinde, 27; Ogundele Timilehin, 27; Riliwan Sarafa, 28, and John Folorunsho, 28.
They are being tried on a five-count charge of conspiracy, illegal possession of firearms and belonging to an unlawful society.
All the defendants, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The prosecutor, ASP Rita Momah, told the court that the defendants committed the offences on Dec. 3, at Apple Junction, Festac Town, Lagos.
Momah alleged that the defendants and others still at large, assembled themselves as members of an unlawful society and had in their possession a locally made Barreta pistol.
She said that Folorunsho on Dec. 11, 2022 allegedly obstructed and aided the escape of one Omoey, who is now at large.
According to the prosecutor, the offences contravene Sections 42, 121, 117, 330 (a) (c) (d) and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015 (Revised).
Newsmen reports that Section 42 stipulates a three-year jail term for offences relating to unlawful society for offenders found guilty.
The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Adeola Olatunbosun, admitted the defendants to bail in the sum of N500,000 each, with two responsible sureties each in like sum.
Olatunbosun directed that all sureties must be resident within the court’s jurisdiction and should show evidence of three years’ tax payment to the Lagos State Government.
She adjourned the case until Feb. 20 for mention.
Judiciary
Orders from above’: Katsina Hisbah detains journalist seeking interview
A journalist with Trust TV, Jamil Mabai, has narrated how he was detained by the Katsina State Hisbah Corps while at the corps’ office on official duty.
The journalist explained that he had gone to the Hisbah headquarters for a follow-up interview with the corps’ Public Relations Officer, Nafiu Akilu, over an incident involving their officers.
Mabai, who narrated his experience on his X handle, said he had wanted to interview the corps’ PRO over a resident, Mallam Gambo, who was shot dead by an officer of the Community Watch Corps.
According to him, while Hisbah officials were trying to shut down a wedding with a DJ, the shots that killed the resident were fired by an operative of the Community Watch Corps tasked with defending communities against bandits attacks
Judiciary
Court remands man for allegedly stealing cold room compressor
A Sharia Court in Kano State on Wednesday ordered that a 25-year-old man, Ahmed Abdulkadir who pleaded guilty to stealing a cold room compressor unit worth N60,000 be remanded in a correction centre.
The police charged Abdulkadir, who lives in Fagge Quarters, Kano, with theft.
The Judge, Malam Umar Lawal-Abubaka, adjourned the matter until July 25 for summary trial.
Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Insp Abdullahi Wada told the court that the complainant, Nura Muhammed who also resides in Fagge Quarters, reported the matter at the Fagge Police Station, Kano, on July 6.
Wada alleged that the defendant, entered into the complainant’s shop and stole the compressor unit.
The defendant pleaded guilty to the charge.
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