Two men, Musa Abdullahi, 40 and Koko Attahiru, 45, were on Tuesday arraigned in an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, for alleged unlawful possession of cordtex cord.
Cordtex is a type of detonating cord generally used in mining. It provides non-electric initiation of blast patterns in open pit mining, quarries and civil works.
The duo whose addresses were not provided were charged with unlawful possession of cordtex cord.
They both pleaded not guilty to the charge preferred against them.
The Prosecutor, Insp. Oladejo Balogun, told the court that the defendants allegedly committed the offence on April 30, at about 9:00 p.m., at Akinyele Trailer park, Ibadan.
Balogun alleged that the defendants unlawfully possessed nine rolls of the cord of which they could not give satisfactory account of.
He said the offence contravened Section 417 of the Criminal Laws of Oyo, 2000.
The Magistrate, Mrs Olasinmibo Sanusi-Zubair, granted the defendants bail in the sum of N100, 000 each with two sureties each in like sum.
Sanusi-Zubair adjourned the case until July 9 for hearing. (NAN
