The convicts — Yinusa Rahmon, Moshood Hamzat, Awotunde Gbenga, Adebayo Mutiu, Femi Taiwo, and Najeem Omotuntun — were tried on three counts of conspiracy, unlawful possession of firearms, and conduct likely to cause a breach of peace.
Justice M. Awe, delivering judgment in the case filed by the Federal Government and prosecuted by Fatima Adesina, found all six guilty of conspiracy and illegal firearm possession but acquitted them on the third count relating to conduct likely to breach public peace.
According to the Certified True Copy of the judgment dated July 11, 2025, the judge noted that the men were arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) at a hotel in Ila Orangun, Osun State, on March 18, 2023 — the day of the House of Assembly elections.
The prosecution presented evidence showing that the men were found in possession of two locally made barrel guns, six cartridges, two cutlasses, one battle axe, and a Fulani sword.