A 28-year-old-man, Opeyemi Adegboyega, was on Monday brought before a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State for allegedly being in possession of two-locally-made pistols, six cartridges and a bronze live ammunition.
The defendant is facing a charge of unlawful possession of arms.
He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
A Legal Officer from the Yaba District Prosecutors’ Office, Ibijoke Akinpelu, told the court that the defendant committed the offence at 58, Maria Okor Bucknor in Ejigbo area of Lagos State.
She told the court that the defendant was known in the area to be a member of a popular confraternity known as Aiye.
According to Akinpelu, the defendant was stopped for questioning by some  police officers patrolling the area as a result of his suspicious movements on that day.
She said the defendant was searched and two cut-to-size-single barrel locally-made pistols, six live cartridges and one bronze live ammunition were discovered in his possession.
Akinpelu said the defendant could not give a satisfactory account of what the ammunition was doing in his possession.
He was arrested on the spot and the weapons and the ammunition were seized from him  as evidence.
She said the offence contravened Sections 330 (d) of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2015 (Revised).
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Section 330 (d) stipulates a seven-year imprisonment for unlawful possession of arms.
The Chief Magistrate, Adeola Adedayo, admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N300,000 with two sureties in like sum.
She directed that both sureties must be residing within the court’s jurisdiction be verified and be gainfully employed with evidence of three years’ tax payment to the Lagos State Government.
Adedayo adjourned the case until April 6 for mention.