The police charged Bashiru Shittu, 39; Hassan Omobolaji, 38; Korode Oguntoyinbo, 22 and Abiodun Benson, 23 with conspiracy, belonging to an unlawful society and illegal possession of firearms.

She adjourned the case until Jan. 27, 2022 for DPP advice.

Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel Insp. Emmanuel Ajayi, told the court that the suspects and others at large, committed the offence on Oct. 14 at Ibeshe, Ikorodu, Lagos State.

The police, he said, received a distress call from members of the community that some cultists were attacking themselves.

“When they were searched, two guns and one expended cartridge were recovered from them,” the prosecutor said.

The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports that Section 42 prescribes three years’ jail term for belonging to an unlawful society while section 330 attracts seven years of unlawful possession of firearms.