Court jails 2 over cultism, possession of locally made guns

  A Special Anti-Cultism Court sitting at the Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday sentenced two men to various jail terms for cultism and unlawful possession of firearms. The convicts—Michael Akinola, 34, and Adeniyi Adeyemi, 39—were convicted on a three-count charge bordering on conspiracy, membership in an unlawful society, and unlawful possession of firearms. Delivering judgment, […]

 

A Special Anti-Cultism Court sitting at the Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday sentenced two men to various jail terms for cultism and unlawful possession of firearms.

The convicts—Michael Akinola, 34, and Adeniyi Adeyemi, 39—were convicted on a three-count charge bordering on conspiracy, membership in an unlawful society, and unlawful possession of firearms.

Delivering judgment, Magistrate O.L. Oke found the defendants guilty of the charges preferred against them.

Oke held that the prosecution had proven its case beyond a reasonable doubt and that the evidence presented to the court was tenable.

He, therefore, sentenced Akinola to seven years imprisonment on count one (conspiracy) and seven years imprisonment on count two (belonging to the unlawful Aiye Confraternity).

Akinola was also sentenced to 10 years imprisonment on count three (unlawful possession of two locally made pistols and one live cartridge without a license).

The Magistrate also found Adeniyi guilty on counts one and two, sentencing him to seven years imprisonment on each count.

He ruled that the sentences should run concurrently, without an option of fine. Oke ordered that Akinola serves his jail term at the Oba Correctional Centre, while Adeniyi serves his sentence at the Ibara Correctional Centre.

Earlier, the prosecutor, ASP Olaide Rawlings, told the court that the defendants committed the offences on July 20, 2025, at about 2:50 p.m. in the Gasline area along Ilogbo Road, Ota, in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State. (NAN)