Court remands man over illegal possession of locally made pistol

A Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court on Monday remanded a 25-year-old man, Wale Timileyin, in a correctional facility for alleged illegal possession of a locally made pistol.

The police charged the defendant, whose address was not given, with illegal possession of firearms. 

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The Chief Magistrate, Mr Fadahunsi Adefioye, who did not take the plea of the defendant, ordered that he should be remanded in Badagry Correctional Centre.

Adefioye directed the police to send the case file to the state Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) for advice.

He adjourned the case until May 26 for mention.

The Prosecution Counsel, ASP Clement Okuoimose, had told the court that the defendant committed the offence on March 15, at at Shibiri Imude, Ojo area of Lagos State.(NAN)