The Ogun State Police Command has arraigned seven men before the Ilaro Magistrate Court over alleged unlawful possession of firearms abduction of Amotekun operatives and stealing of a locally made single-barrel gun valued at N150000.
The defendants are Dosunmu Amos 34; Abisekun Seun 22; Ojo Olanrewaju 32; Joseph Aremu 33; Alao Ileyemi 30; Akeem Ege 45; and Elijah Eriwole 32.
They were arraigned before Chief Magistrate I Ilaro presided over by Mrs F.A. Ojelade on Friday on six counts of conspiracy unlawful possession of firearms abduction stealing and conduct likely to cause breach of peace.
According to the charge sheet No. M/27/2026 signed by ASP Adeboye Olayiwola the defendants and others still at large between October 14 and 15 2026 at Alagbon area Owode-Afon in the Ilaro Magisterial District allegedly conspired to commit felony to wit: unlawful possession of firearms.
Count two stated that on October 14 at about 4 pm they unlawfully had in their possession one locally made single-barrel gun without a licence contrary to the Firearms Act.
Counts three and four respectively border on conspiracy and abduction at the Ogun State Security Network Agency Amotekun Owode-Afon Outpost on October 15 at about 5:30 pm.
The prosecutor alleged that the defendants abducted two Amotekun operatives AMT Salami Yakubu 31 and AMT Abelewa Soliudeen 37 and prevented any person entitled to have access to them from discovering where they were imprisoned.
Count five alleged that they stole one locally made single-barrel gun valued at one hundred and fifty thousand naira which is the property of the Amotekun Corps.
Count six stated that they conducted themselves in an unruly manner by invading the Amotekun outpost and shooting sporadically into the air causing fear in the neighbourhood.
The court did not take the defendants’ plea.
Prosecution counsel ASP A.S. Abiodun moved a motion pursuant to Section 306 of the ACJ Law of Ogun State 2017 praying the court to remand the defendants.
In her ruling Ojelade held that even though offences in counts 1 2 5 and 6 are within its jurisdiction it is not seized of the power to try offences in counts 3 and 4 and in the interest of justice ordered that the defendants be remanded for a period of 60 days in the first instance.
The case was adjourned till January 15 2027.