The Court of Appeal sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, has upheld the death sentence handed down to five men convicted for the bloody 2018 armed robbery operation in Offa that left 33 people dead. In a ruling delivered on Friday, a three-member panel of the appellate court unanimously dismissed the appeal filed by the convicts, […]
Ilorin – The absence of a principal witness by the prosecuting team on Tuesday stalled the continuation of hearing in the case of Offa bank robbery going on before a Kwara High Court sitting in Ilorin. The leader of the Prosecution, Razaq Gold, informed the court that the continuation of hearing would not be able […]
The Suspected armed robbers allegedly involved in the April 5, deadly bank robbery in Offa town has been arraigned before the Kwara High Court sitting in Ilorin. Those arraigned were Ayoade Akinnibosun, Ibikunle Ogunleye, Adeola Abraham, Salaudeen Azeez and Niyi Ogundiran. The accused however pleaded not guilty to Criminal conspiracy, armed robbery, illegal firearms, culpable […]
An Ilorin based lawyer, Kunle Suleiman has said the call on the presidency by the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki to institute an inquiry into the death of key suspect in the Offa robbery is unlawful. Speaking with Daily Times, in Ilorin, Kwara state, Suleiman who is an Ilorin man like Saraki said the Senate […]
Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has stated that the response by the Police to his call for inquiry into how the prime suspect in the Offa robbery attacks on April 5, died was a mere diversionary tactic which aims at evading the serious issues of human rights abuse, extra-judicial killing and politicisation of criminal investigations. […]
The Nigeria Police Force said it would not hesitate to use all instruments of law to ensure that the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, honoured its invitation. Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, on July 23, invited Saraki to report to the Head of Intelligence Response Team ( IRT) on July 24 at 8 a.m. […]
As the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki prepares toleave his residence at Lake Chad, Maitama, Abuja to honour Police invitation over Offa Robbery incident, the entrance to his residence was blocked to prevent him from going out. On getting to Saraki’s residence, it was discovered that he was truly blocked but later allowed and teleguided […]
The Coalition for Good Governance and Transparency in Nigeria led thousands of protesters this morning to occupy the National Assembly to demand the immediate resignation of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki over his alleged role in the Offa Robbery incident. It could be recalled that the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris crack team recently […]
Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has called on the Nigerian Police Force to carry out a thorough investigation into the Offa robbery and ensure all criminals involved in the dastardly act are brought to justice. The governor made the call in Ilorin when he received members of the state’s Artisan Congress led by its […]
Former Lagos Commissioner of Police Alhaji Abubakar Tsav has cautioned the National Assembly against interfering in the ongoing investigation into the Offa Robbery case. This was contained in a statement he personally signed on Wednesday and made available to journalists in Makurdi. Tsav warned those concerned to stop meddling into the case, so the police […]
Kwara State government has pledged N5m reward for information that will lead to the arrest of four Offa bank robbers that were declared wanted by the police. The development came just as the Nigeria Police on Friday released to the public, the photographs of the four robbers as recorded by one the affected banks’ Closed Circuit […]
Ibrahim Idris, the inspector-general of police, has ordered the deployment of three units of police mobile force, high powered police investigation team and armoured personnel carriers to Kwara. Armed robbers attacked five commercial banks in Offa, Kwara on Thursday, killing 30 persons. Jimoh Moshood, force spokesman, in a statement in Abuja on Sunday said anti-robbery […]