The chief suspect to the Offa bank robbery Michael Adikwu is dead, according to the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Kwara state. Kamaldeen Ajibade made the revelation when five out of the six suspects were arraigned before a high court Wednesday in Ilorin with the gang leader and self-confessed mastermind, Adikwu missing.. The five suspects […] …
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Offa Robbery: Court ordered police to suspend Saraki interrogation
An Abuja high court has ordered the Nigerian Police to suspend arrest and questioning of the Senate President Bukola Saraki over Offa Bank robbery. Some arrested suspects of the bank robbery that led to killings of over 30 people in Offa, Kwara State, earlier this year indicted Saraki as their sponsor. The Senate President has been […] …
Offa robbery: AGF vindicates Saraki, faults police allegations
Nigeria Attorney-general of the Federation, Abubakar Malami has vindicated the senate president Bukola Saraki of his alleged link with suspects of the deadly offa bank robbery. Malami in a letter dated June 22, 2018, sent to the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, said that there was no evidence that linked Saraki and Kwara State governor […] …
Offa bank robbery: Kwara’s chief of staff gets bail
A High Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State Tuesday granted interim to the Chief of Staff to the Kwara State Governor, Yusuf Abdulwahab. Abdulwahab was granted interim bail in the sum of N10 million with two sureties each in like sum. The court ruled that the sureties must be persons of means and should swear […] …
Offa robbery: Police say more evidence indicts Saraki
The Nigerian Police Wednesday said it has unearthed more pieces of evidence that link the Senate President Bukola Saraki to the suspected leaders of a robbery gang that attacked six banks and killed 33 persons in Offa, Kwara State, on April 5. Saraki from Ilorin is the immediate past governor of the State. While announcing […] …
Political gangs under scrutiny in Nigeria after armed robbery
The use of political gangs has returned to the spotlight in Nigeria after suspects in a violent armed robbery claimed they had been recruited by the leader of the country’s Senate. Twenty-two young men were arrested after heists on six banks killed 33 in the town of Offa, in the central state of Kwara, on […] …
Offa roberry: Saraki says he is ready to honour police invitation
Senate President Bukola Saraki has said he will honour The Nigerian Police’s invitation over his alleged connection with the suspects of Offa robbery. “I have just informed my ADC to get the letter of invitation from @PoliceNG in respect of the allegations raised yesterday — so that I can immediately honour the alleged invitation’, he […] …
Police arrest two Offa robbery kingpins
The Nigerian Police high command has arrested two top guns declared wanted in connection to the bloody Offa robbery incident last month. In a statement released by the command headquarters, made available to The Guardian by the commander of Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT), DCP Abba kyari, it said that the team […] …
Offa robbery attack: ACF calls for proper equipping of Police
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) said on Friday that it was shocked by the recent armed robbery attacks on banks in Offa, Kwara, and called on the Federal Government to equip the police to carry out its responsibilities more effectively.
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