Court sentences 5 ,Offa bank robbery suspects to death

A Kwara state high court,presided over by Justice Haleemah Salman  has found the five suspects involved in the Offa robbery incidents guilty of illegal possession of firearms, armed robbery, and culpable homicide.

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The convicts are Ayoade Akinnibosun, Ibikunle Ogunleye, Adeola Abraham, Salahudeen Azeez, and Niyi Ogundiran. While there were six, one of the suspects Michael Adikwu died in custody.

Accordingly,the judge, has pronounced that the offences are punishable by death.

It will be recalled that the  incident happened in April 2018.

However,while delivered  the judgement which lasted three and half hours, the judge said all evidence submitted by the prosecuting team found them guilty.

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Also,on the possession of firearms, the verdict pronounced judgement of three years in prison.

Speaking with press, the prosecution counsel said various reasons ranging from the COVID-19 period and national assignment given to the judge informed the long process and thanked the court for the judgement.

While ,the representative of the defence counsel, however, said the judgement would be appealed soon.

It will be recalled that in July, the court reserved judgement in the case.

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It will also be recalled that the
Thursday’s judgement came six years after some robbers stormed Offa in Kwara State, robbing at least five commercial banks in the community.

During that robbery incident,over
30 persons including policemen were killed in the robbery.

While undisclosed amount of money was also carted away from the banks. The heist took the nation by storm and made headlines for months.