Tag: Offa Bank Robbery
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Offa bank robbers to appeal de@th sentence
Lead defence counsel, Nathaniel Emeribe, has said the de@th sentence slammed on five men involved in the Offa robbery of 2018 would be appealed against. Emeribe said this on Thursday after a High Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State on Thursday sentenced the five men charged with the Offa bank robbery incident to death by…
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Court sentences Offa bank robbers to death
Justice Haleemah Salman of the Kwara State High Court has found the five accused individuals involved in the Offa robbery guilty of unlawfull possession of firearms, armed robbery, and culpable homicide.
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Offa robbery: Court adjourns case over absence of witnesses
A Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin has adjourned the case preferred against five suspected robbers who allegedly took part in the Offa banks robberies until January 18, 2019, for definite hearing as the prosecution failed to bring witnesses who will testify in the case to court. The five accused persons brought before the…