Bizman bags 2 years for illegal possession of firearm

A Lagos magistrates’ court has sentenced a businessman, Sulaiman Sanusi, Managing Director of Sanusi Brothers Nigeria Limited, to two years in jail for illegal possession of a firearm in his office. Chief Magistrate Olaiya Doja-Ojo who sentenced the businessman found him guilty of a count charge brought against him by the police. Before pronouncing the […]

A Lagos magistrates’ court has sentenced a businessman, Sulaiman Sanusi, Managing Director of Sanusi Brothers Nigeria Limited, to two years in jail for illegal possession of a firearm in his office.

Chief Magistrate Olaiya Doja-Ojo who sentenced the businessman found him guilty of a count charge brought against him by the police.

Before pronouncing the sentence, Mr Doja-Ojo said, “The prosecution has successfully proved the charge against the defendant beyond every reasonable doubt.

“There is no evidence before the court that the businessman obtained the permission of either the Inspector General of Police (IGP) or Lagos State Police Commissioner before possessing the Dane gun.” 

The chief magistrate, therefore, ordered that the gun be forfeited to the armoury of the police and to be disposed of in accordance with the instruction of the IGP.