The chairman of the Lagos State National Union of Road Transport workers (NURTW), Ajegunle Branch, Apapa, Lagos, Wasiu Atunse Akanbi, A.k.a Paapa has been arrested for unlawfully possession of firearm.
According
to a report by PM Express, Akanbi was arrested and remanded for being
in possession of a Beretta pistol with six live cartridges without the
approval of the Inspector General of Police, IGP.
It
was further reported that the transport union boss was arrested by the
operatives of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, FSARS, Adeniji
Adele Road, Lagos Island, Lagos after complaints that he was harassing,
threatening and intimidating residents with gun.
The
police reportedly revealed that during investigation, the suspect
allegedly confessed to the crime and led the police to his apartment in
Ajegunle where a Beretta pistol with six live cartridges was recovered
in the ceiling inside his apartment.
Akanbi
was arraigned before an Igbosere Magistrate Court, Lagos on a one-count
charge of felony to wit unlawful possession of One Beretta pistol
without approval.
The NURTW boss' plea
was not taken and Magistrate O.O Owunmi who ordered that he be remanded
in prison custody pending advice from the office of the Directorate of
Public Prosecution, DPP on the matter while the case was adjourned the
case till 15 September, 2017.
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