Offa Robbery: Principal suspect, Michael Adikwu is dead —Kwara Attorney General

The principal suspect in the Offa bank robbery, Michael Adikwu,
a dismissed police constable is dead.

Kwara State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr.
Kamaldeen Ajibade, SAN disclosed this at a Kwara State High Court
on Wednesday, when five of the six principal suspects were brought
to court.

The five suspects arraigned were Ayoade Akinnibosun, Ibikunle
Ogunleye, Adeola Abraham, Salaudeen Azeez and Niyi Ogundiran.

However, Michael Adikwu, the former police constable, who was
said to have confessed to being the mastermind of the bloody
operation was not in court during the arraignment.

No fewer than 32 people were killed in the robbery operation
which involved five commercial banks on April 5, 2018.

When the case came up, Ajibade, who said that his office
received the case file of the robbery operation on Monday evening
said that the head of Police investigation team, Mr Abba Kyari
informed him that one of the suspects, Michael Adikwu was dead.

Ajibade. who said that the police was yet to give details of
Adikwu’s death said that the five suspects brought to court could
not be charged until an amendment was made on the charge sheet.

According to him, “we have the names of six suspects on our
charge sheet, but they brought five suspects, we cannot go on with
the case until we amend the charges because we can not prosecute a
dead person.

The Attorney General also said that the case could not go on
because the suspects had no legal representation.

He, however, urged the court to adjourn the case so that the
charges could be amended and the suspects could get legal team to
represent them.

It would be recalled that two lawyers who were representing the
suspects announced their withdrawal from the case last week.

Justice Halima Salman adjourned the matter till November 30,
2018 and ordered that the suspects should get a legal team.

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