Two 'jobless' men remanded in custody for alleged firearm possession

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Police say the defendants boarded a bus, and on arriving at their bus stop, refused to pay the conductor and an argument ensued

An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday remanded two unemployed men Tobilola Akeem, 27 and Saheed Akanbi, 32, in the Kirikiri Correctional Centre, for allegedly possessing a locally-made gun.

They are being tried for conspiracy, unlawful possession of firearms and being in an unlawful secret society. Mr Ogu alleged that the defendants and others at large boarded a bus, and on arriving at their bus stop, they refused to pay the conductor and an argument ensued.

 

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