A Kaduna Chief Magistrate’s Court remanded two men: Abdullahi Sadiq, 30, and Sani Nasiru, 28, at the Kaduna Correctional Centre on Wednesday for allegedly being in unlawful possession of firearms.
Chief Magistrate Ibrahim Emmanuel ordered their remand pending advice by the state’s Director of Public Prosecutions.
Prosecuting Inspector Sunday Baba had earlier told the court that police operatives arrested the duo at Rigasa area of Kaduna on December 27, 2022 with one locally-fabricated automatic pistol, one Dane gun, eight cutlasses, knives and daggers.
Baba said they confessed to being on their way to Zaria, also in Kaduna State, to meet their gang leader, one Garba, for a robbery operation.
Garba is still at large, he added.
The court did not take the accused plea as it lacked jurisdiction to try cases under the Kaduna State Robbery and Firearms (special provision) Act 2004.
Chief Magistrate Emmanuel adjourned the case till February 6 pending advice from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecution.