A Magistrate Court sitting in Lokoja has sentenced Shehu Tenimu Mohammed, an ND II student of the Department of Public Administration, Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja to 8 years imprisonment for illegal possession of firearms, unlawful association.
Delivering his Judgement, the trial judge, Justice Tenimu Mohammed convicted the suspects on the three-count charge having pleaded guilty to the offences in the charge sheet, also fined him the sum of Eight thousand Naira.
Barr. Samuel Ikutanwa, the prosecuting counsel at the hearing had demanded the charges to be read to the hearing of the accused person, who pleaded guilty to committing the offences of unlawful association, possession of firearms and a member of a cult group.
Recalled that the security operatives of Kogi State Polytechnic had arrested Shehu Tenimu Mohammed for being in possession of a locally fabricated revolver pistol.
Shehu Tenimu Mohammed with Matriculation Number 2018/ND/PAD/170 was in addition to the illegal possession of the pistol, also caught carrying five rounds of live ammunition while making his way through the main entrance of the Polytechnic on Friday, 9th April 2021.
The arrest of Shehu Tenimu Mohammed was made possible by the strong security network put in place to halt attempts to breach the ban on End-of- Examination Celebration by the Management of the Institution.
The ban it would be recalled came into force following an intelligence report that some suspected cultists planned to invade the campus with ammunitions to avenge their colleague who was killed after the end of examination in 2019.
Management under the proactive leadership of Dr S.O. Usman had beefed up security on the campus, including daily routine checks at the Polytechnic entrance and the premises which led to the arrest of the culprit.
