A Federal High Court in Lagos ordered the remand of a 30-year-old man, Ogunjimi Mayowa, at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre over charges of illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition.
Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke issued the remand order following Mayowa’s arraignment by the Department of State Services on three counts bordering on conspiracy, unlawful possession of a locally-made pistol and three live cartridges.
At the defendant’s arraignment, the prosecution counsel, Mr. M.O. Bajela, informed the court of the pending charges and requested that they be read to the defendant for his plea to be taken.
Bajela told the court Mayowa was arrested on June 11, 2024, during a stop-and-search operation conducted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency while in a public bus along the Lekki-Ajah corridor in Lagos.
