Lagos Police nabs two for alleged possession of fake pistol

By Innocent Raphael

The Lagos Police command has arrested Kyari Idris (20) and Abubakar Salisu (18) for alleged possession of a toy pistol around the Agege area of the state.

Spokesman for the Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin disclosed this in a post via his X handle on Saturday.

According to the Police, the duo were apprehended with a toy pistol under the seat of their motorcycle by Police officers on stop-and-search duty by the Agege Railway Police Station.

Reports have stated that the duo initially resisted arrest, prompting the officers to call for backup, before they gave in.

Hundeyin added that investigation was ongoing to unravel the circumstances surrounding the arrest.

In his post on X, the force PRO released a slightly blurred picture of the suspects alongside a snapshot of the Robbery and Firearms Special Provisions Act section (3)

The provision read, “Any person found in any public place in possession of any firearms, whether real or imitation and in circumstances reasonably indicating that the possession of the firearms is with intent to the immediate or eventual commission by that person, or any other person of any offence under section 1 of this Act or under the foregoing provisions of this section shall upon conviction under this Act be sentenced to imprisonment for not less than fourteen years but not more than twenty years”.