Tag: Offa Robbery
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Reps to probe death of Offa robbery key suspect
By Gabriel Okoro, Abuja The House of Representatives on Thursday mandated its Committees on Police Affairs, Human Rights and Justice to carry out an investigative hearing into the facts surrounding the time and circumstances of the death of the Offa robbery key suspect, Michael Adikwu and report back in four weeks. The House charge the…
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Offa Bank Robbery: Police say principal suspect, Adikwu is dead
The Kwara State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice Kamaldeen Ajibade has told an Ilorin High Court that the principal suspect in the deadly Offa bank robbery, Michael Adikwu has died in police custody. He disclosed this to the Justice Halimat Salman on Wednesday, when five suspects in the Offa Bank Robbery of April 5th,…
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Saraki not exonerated from Offa robbery probe – AGF, IG insist
All might not be over for the embattled Senate President, Bukola Saraki over his alleged involvement in the Offa robbery incident that happened earlier this year. The Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) said there was nowhere Saraki was cleared in…
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Offa robbery: Court orders service of summons on Saraki
A court in Abuja has ordered the service of summons on the Senate President, Bukola Saraki in relation to the ongoing investigation by the police into the April 5, 2018 bank robbery incident in Offa, Kwara State. Justice Abdullahi Garuba Ogbede of the Grade 1 Area Court, ACO Estate, Lugbe, FCT, Abuja issued the criminal…
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Offa Robbery: Saraki meets IGP’s investigators in his office
The President of the senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki has meet with a team of investigators on the Offa Robbery case in his office. This was disclosed by his Special Assistant on New Media, Olu Onemola “Further to the invitation to the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, by the Police on July 23, 2018, and…
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Offa Robbery: Police lack evidence to prosecute Saraki, Ahmed, others – AGF Malami
The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has told the police that it lacked enough evidence to link and prosecute Senate President Bukola Saraki and Kwara State Governor Abdulfattah Ahmed to the armed robbery attack that left 31 persons dead in Offa, Kwara State, in April. The AGF advised in a June 22 letter…
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Offa robbery: What we will do to Saraki if he refuses to turn self in – Police
…Denies laying siege to Saraki, Ekweremadu’s house The police have asked Senate President Bukola Saraki to turn himself in for questioning or face the consequence. Recall that the Senate President was summoned on Monday evening by the police authorities for his alleged involvement in the robbery case. Saraki was scheduled to appear before the police…
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Offa Bank Robbery: Police Invite Saraki Again
The police have invited the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, over the deadly robbery attack on six banks in Offa town of Kwara State. The letter of invitation dated Monday, July 23, was personally signed by the Inspector General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris. Senator Saraki was asked to report to the Head of the…
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Police arrest ex-SARS, two others in connection with Offa robbery
Operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team have arrested an ex-policeman and two others declared wanted for attacks on banks in Offa, Kwara State. Recall that four suspects were declared wanted after the bank robberies of April 5. The faces of these kingpins were captured via CCTV in some of the banks they…
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Offa Robbery: 20 suspects arrested by Police
The Nigerian Police Force said it has arrested more than 20 principal suspects in connection with the recent bank robbery in Offa, Kwara. Recalled that armed robbers had attacked five commercial banks in Offa on April 5, during which 17 persons, including policemen and a pregnant woman were killed. The Force spokesman, ACP Jimoh Moshood,…