Court remands 3 men accused of cultism, illegal possession of firearm

The defendants, Solomon Samuel, 38, Ibrahim Mohammed, 27, and Moses Ogundepo, 25, are facing three counts of conspiracy, illegal possession of firearm, and belonging to an unlawful society.

The Chief Magistrate, Mr Peter Nwaka, who did not take the pleas of the defendants, said they should be detained in custody pending the receipt of legal advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions. Nwaka directed the prosecutor to duplicate the case file and forward a copy to the State DPP for legal advice before adjourning the case until Sept. 28.

Earlier, the prosecutor, SP Thomas Nurudeen, told the court that the defendants committed the offences on July 23 at Ojumola Street in the Lagos Magisterial District. Nurudeen alleged that the defendants and others still at large, alleged members of an unlawful society, assembled and had in their possession one locally made single-barrel gun.The offences, Nurudeen said, contravened sections 2 , 27 , and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015 .

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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