A 25-year-oldLagos man, Wale Timileyin, was on Monday sent to a correctional facility for alleged illegal possession of a locally made pistol.

Timileyin was arraigned at Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court by the police on one count charge of illegal possession of firearms.

The Prosecution Counsel, ASP Clement Okuoimose, had told the court that the defendant committed the offence on March 15, at about 10.30 p.m. at Shibiri Imude, Ojo area of Lagos State.

Okuoimose said that the police recovered a locally made pistol from Timileyin during a search at his residence.

He said that the defendants could not give a satisfactory explanation about how he obtained the weapon.

The prosecutor said that the offence violated the provisions of Section 51 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

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.

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