The Nigeria Police Thursday said an armed robbery and murder suspect in the infamous Offa robbery who died in detention was not murdered, rather he slumped and died. Micheal Adikwu, a former Police constable, led the group of armed robbers…
Court summons Saraki over fresh criminal complaint (Punch)
A Grade I Area Court in Aco Estate, Lugbe, Abuja, has ordered the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, to serve a summons on the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, to compel him to face a criminal complaint initiated against him…
Offa robbery: Court orders service of summons on Saraki (Nation)
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…
Offa robbery: Saraki makes ‘cautionary’ statement to the police (Vanguard)
Senate President Bukola Saraki has now made a statement to the police, in respect of the investigation into the multiple robberies in Offa on 5 April, in which 31 people were killed. The police in a short statement on Thursday…
Before Offa Robbery sinks into Politics (ThisDay)
The handling of the ongoing investigations of the Offa robbery, which is being linked to Senate President Bukola Saraki, is not only beginning to erode the confidence of the people in the ability of the Nigeria Police to be as…
Offa robberies: Police arrest more suspects in Oyo, Kogi, recover firearms (Punch)
The operatives of the Intelligence Response Team led by a Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, have arrested more suspects in connection with the April 5 Offa bank robberies during which nine policemen and 33 persons were killed. Our correspondent…
Offa robbery: Another baseless allegation, ploy by Police to implicate me – Saraki (Vanguard)
The Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has said that the Nigeria Police Force’s claim that he sponsored the buying of weapon for the Offa robbery gang is baseless allegation and that this is another ploy by the Police to…
Police arrest dismissed cop declared wanted for Offa robbery (Punch)
Operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team have arrested one of the four robbery suspects declared wanted for attacks on banks in Offa, Kwara State. The suspect, Michael Adikwu, an ex-policeman, was said to have been dismissed in…
Offa bank robbery: Police declare 4 gang leaders wanted, Kwara offers N5m bounty (SUN)
The Nigerian police on Friday declared wanted four of the gangsters who participated in the bloody bank robbery incident in Offa, Kwara state on April 4, releasing simultaneously their photographs, while in action. The images provided were the clearest, since…
Offa Robbery: Police arrest 20 principal suspects (Nation)
The Nigeria Police Force said it had so far arrested more than 20 principal suspects in connection with the recent bank robbery in Offa, Kwara. Reports have it that armed robbers had attacked five commercial banks in Offa on April…