Enugu police arraign herdsman caught with AK-47 in court

The Enugu state police comm and has arraigned a Fulani herdsman, Ibrahim Adamu, before an Enugu Magistrate Court for being in possession of AK 47 rifle and ammunitions, The Nation reports.

20-year-old Adamu was arrested on August 29, 2016 at Affa in Udi local Government Area of Enugu State.

According to the police Adamu tried to resist arrest by shooting six times into the air to scare its officers.

He was arraigned on a three-count charge of illegal possession of fireams and having under his control AK 47 rifle with 24 rounds of live ammunition in contravention of the Firearms Act and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 6(a) and punishable under Section 3(1) of the Robbery and Firearms (special provision) Act Cap.R11 vol.14, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004.

The Chief Magistrate D. K. Ekoh ordered that the suspect be remanded in prison.

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