Man charged with illegal possession of gun in Ekiti

The police in Ekiti State have arraigned a man, Ayoola Sunday, 30, before a magistrate’s court sitting in Ado-Ekiti over alleged possession of one cut-to-size gun without a license. The prosecutor, Inspector Akinwale Oriyomi, said the defendant, on May 5 at Ado-Ekiti, allegedly had in his possession a cut-to-size gun. Niger: How we survived ravaging […]

Man charged with illegal possession of gun in Ekiti

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The police in Ekiti State have arraigned a man, Ayoola Sunday, 30, before a magistrate’s court sitting in Ado-Ekiti over alleged possession of one cut-to-size gun without a license.

The prosecutor, Inspector Akinwale Oriyomi, said the defendant, on May 5 at Ado-Ekiti, allegedly had in his possession a cut-to-size gun.

The inspector noted that the defendant committed an offence contrary to Section 4, punishable under Section 27(b)(ii)(v) of the Firearms Act Cap F28 Laws of the Federation, 2004.

Counsel to the defendant, Barrister O. G. Abiola, urged the court to grant his client bail, the request Chief Magistrate Abayomi Adeosun, granted in the sum of N25,000 with one surety in like sum and adjourned the case till July 10, for hearing.