Two suspected Black Axe cultists remanded in Lagos prison over attempted murder

 An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court sitting successful Ogba, Lagos, on Friday remanded 2 men implicit alleged cultism and attempted murder.

The defendants, Olayemi Abdulquadri, 22, and Kelechi Olisemeke, 28, look a five-count complaint of alleged transgression offences.

They were charged with conspiracy, rank of an unlawful society, attempted murder, possession of unrecorded cartridges and transgression charms.

The prosecutor, Josephine Ikhayere, told the tribunal that the offences occurred connected May 26.

She alleged that the defendants and others inactive astatine ample committed the offences astatine the Lagos State University, Ojo Campus.

According to the prosecutor, the men belonged to the Neo Black Movement of Africa, besides known arsenic Black Axe oregon Aye.

The radical is listed arsenic a proscribed organisation nether Lagos State’s Unlawful Societies and Cultism Prohibition Law.

Ikhayere alleged that the defendants invaded the assemblage premises with others portion equipped with unsafe weapons.

She said the radical attempted to termination an unidentified idiosyncratic during the alleged attack.

The defendants were besides accused of unlawfully possessing 2 unrecorded cartridges successful a nationalist place.

They were further alleged to person been successful possession of transgression charms during the incident.

The charges...