Tag: Offa Robbery
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We were forced to implicate Saraki, suspected Offa robbers
Alhaji Kehinde Gobir and Alhaji Shuaib Jawando, petitioners at the Kwara State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Wednesday narrated how they were tortured and humiliated by men of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). The petitioners who were suspects of the 2018 brutal Offa robbery accused SARS officers of high depth impunity and human rights…
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How daredevil robbers invaded my station, shoot nine officers, eight civilians dead – Ex-Offa DPO
Former District Police Officer (DPO) of Offa police station, Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State Adamu Danjuma Monday narrated in graphic details how daredevil armed robbers in April 5th, 2018 allegedly killed nine police officers and eleven civilians in cold blood in the ancient town. Danjuma, who was the station’s DPO then revealed how…
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Absence of witnesses stall hearing of Offa robbery suspects
Hearing of April 5th, 2018 Offa, Offa local government area of Kwara state, robbery suspects could not continue on Tuesday as a result of absence of prosecution witnesses. All the accused persons; Ayoade Akinnibosun, Ibikunle Ogunleye, Adeola Abraham, Salahudeen Azeez and Niyi Ogundiran were present in court. Prosecution counsel, Bola Gold told the court that…
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Offa robbery: Court rejects post-mortem of dead suspect
Kwara State High Court, Ilorin, Monday refused the exhumation of the body of the principal suspect in the April 5, 2018 Offa robbery, Michael Adikwu, for post-mortem. But the court granted the prayer of the defence asking for an independent examination of the alleged gunshot injuries sustained by the first, second and third accused. The…
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How Abba Kyari forced me to implicate Saraki in Offa robbery case – Suspect
…accuses police of torture The three men charged in the April 5, 2018 bank robbery in Offa, on Friday told a High Court in Ilorin, Kwara that the confessional statements admitting to the crime, were obtained under duress while in police custody. The police charged Ayoade Akinnibosun, Ibikunle Ogunleye and Adeola Abraham with criminal conspiracy…
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Prosecution stalls hearing of Offa robbery suspects
Commencement of definite hearing of the Offa robbery suspects could not begin on Friday at the Kwara state High Court sitting in Ilorin, the state capital. This was due to the unpreparedness of the prosecution. The court had fixed Friday as the last adjourned date for definite hearing as a result of the inability of…
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Offa robbery: If there is a doctored tape, Lai Mohammed authored it – Saraki’s Aide
Special Adviser (Media and Publicity) to Senate President, Yusuph Olaniyonu, has stated that if there is any doctored version of the Christmas Day radio interview by his boss, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, the Minister of Information, Mr. Lai Mohammed, who presented it should be asked where he got it from. Accusing Mohammed as being the…
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Offa Bank Robbery: Five suspects plead not guilty to charges
The Suspected armed robbers allegedly involved in the April 5, deadly bank robbery in Offa town on Friday, pleaded not guilty to Criminal conspiracy, armed robbery, illegal firearms, culpable homicide preferred against them at the Kwara High Court, Ilorin. Those arraigned are Ayoade Akinnibosun, Ibikunle Ogunleye, Adeola Abraham, Salaudeen Azeez and Niyi Ogundiran. The police…
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Offa Robbery: Saraki insists on independent probe, says police diverting attention
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has accused the Nigerian police of diverting the attention of Nigerians from the death of the principal suspect of the April 5 deadly bank robbery in Kwara State. He stated this barely 24 hours after he called on the presidency to institute a judicial inquiry into how and when the…
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Offa robbery: We have enough evidence to prosecute you, despite Adikwu’s death – Police tell Saraki
The police have said the death in custody of a leader of the Offa bank robbery gang, Michael Adikwu, will not affect the outcome of the case. The force stated that the evidence of the other gang leaders were enough to prosecute Senate President Bukola Saraki. The police had arraigned the gang leaders – Ayoade…