{"id":9514,"date":"2018-06-03T20:27:03","date_gmt":"2018-06-03T20:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=9514"},"modified":"2018-06-03T20:27:03","modified_gmt":"2018-06-03T20:27:03","slug":"how-offa-bank-robbery-suspects-allegedly-fingered-saraki-governor-ahmed-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=9514","title":{"rendered":"How Offa bank robbery suspects allegedly fingered Saraki, Governor Ahmed – Police"},"content":{"rendered":"

By ACP Jimoh Moshood<\/strong>, Force Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters, Abuja.
\nThe investigation into the Offa Bank Robbery and gruesome killings of more than THIRTY THREE (33) Innocent persons in Offa, Kwara State on the 5th April, 2018 directed by the Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim K. Idris, NPM, mni, has made significant progress, successes and more revelations have been recorded.
\nThe Gang Leaders and some of the principal suspects arrested for their active participation in the robbery and the killing of innocent persons have made confessional statements admitting to the various criminal roles they and their sponsors played in this dastard and heinous crime.
\n2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The Five (5) gang leaders namely; Ayoade Akinnibosun, Ibukunle Ogunleye, Adeola Abraham, Salawudeen Azeez, Niyi Ogundiran and some of the other Seventeen (17) suspects arrested for direct involvement and active participation in the Offa Bank Robbery and the gruesome killing of THIRTY THREE (33) innocent persons which includes (some pregnant women and nine (9) Police personnel) admitted, confessed and volunteered statements that they were political thugs of the Senate President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Sen. Bukola Saraki and the Executive Governor of Kwara State, Alh. Abdulfatah Ahmed.
\n3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The arrests of the above mentioned Five (5) Gang Leaders and seventeen (17) others were made possible after the arrest of two principal suspects (Kunle Ogunleye aka Arrow 35yrs and Michael Adikwu an Ex-Convict) whose pictures captured by CCTV in one of the Banks during the Banks robbery were circulated to the media and the public. The two (2) principal suspects confessed to be among the suspects led by the five (5) gang leaders listed in paragraph 2 above to carry out the Offa Banks Robbery, the attack on the Divisional Police Headquarters, Offa and the killings of THIRTY THREE (33) innocent persons on the 5th\u00a0of April, 2018.
\n4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0During interrogation, the five (5) gang leaders mentioned in paragraph 2 further confessed and volunteered statements that they carried out the Bank Robberies, the attack on the Divisional Police Headquarters in Offa and the killings of THIRTY THREE (33) innocent persons during the robbery of the following six (6) banks (i) First Bank Offa (ii) Guarantee Trust Bank Offa (iii) ECO Bank Offa (iv) Zenith Bank Offa (v) Union Bank Offa (vi) Ibolo Micro Finance Bank Offa and (vii) the Divisional Police Headquarters, Offa\u00a0\u00a0on 5thApril, 2018.
\n5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Millions of Naira from the Banks and Twenty One (21) AK47 Rifles belonging to the Nigeria Police Force in the Armoury of\u00a0\u00a0the Police Divisional Headquarters, Offa were admitted to have been carted away by the Five (5) gang leaders and the other Seventeen (17) principal suspects during the Banks robbery.
\n6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The Five (5) gang leaders confessed and volunteered statements to the Police investigators, giving a clear account of how they planned and carried out the Banks robbery operation in Offa, the attack on the Police Division in Offa and how they killed the THIRTY THREE (33) innocent persons during the robbery.
\n7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The Five (5) gang leaders further confessed during investigation that they are political thugs under the name Youth Liberation Movement a.k.a \u201cGood Boys\u201d admitted and confessed to have been sponsored with firearms, money and operational vehicles by the Senate President, Sen. Bukola Saraki and the Governor of Kwara State, Alh. Abdulfatah Ahmed.
\n8.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0In the course of discreet investigation into the confessions of these five (5) gang leaders and the other seventeen (17) principal suspects, a Lexus jeep GX-300 (Ash Colour) with a sticker plate number with inscription\u00a0\u00a0\u201cSARAKI\u201d \u201cKwara, State of Harmony\u201d used by the gang leader (Ayoade Akinnibosun \u2018M\u2019 37Yrs) during the bank robbery and the killing of the THIRTY THREE (33) innocent persons was taken to Government House, Ilorin\u00a0\u00a0on 16th\u00a0May, 2018 where the sticker plate number with inscription \u201cSARAKI\u201d \u201cKwara, State of Harmony\u201d was removed before another plate number (Reg. No. Kwara, KMA 143 RM) registered in the name of Ayoade AKinnibosun the Overall Commander of the Offa Bank Robbery was then attached to the vehicle to cover up the identity of the said vehicle.\u00a0\u00a0The exhibit vehicle was subsequently recovered from the premises of the Min. of Environmental and Forestry in Ilorin, Kwara State. While the sticker plate number with inscription \u201cSARAKI\u201d \u201cKwara, State of Harmony\u201d removed from the vehicle was recovered from one Adeola Omiyale who drove the said Lexus Jeep to Government House, Ilorin immediately after the Bank Robbery.
\n9.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The Personal Assistant (Political) to the Executive Governor of Kwara State, Mr. Alabi Olalekan, who is privy to information that the Police is looking for the Lexus Jeep as an exhibit used in the Offa Bank Robbery and the killings of THIRTY THREE (33) innocent persons directed one Adeola Omiyale to relocate the Lexus Jeep to Government House, Ilorin. The PA (Political) is currently in Police custody and has made useful statement assisting the Police in further investigation into the case. A revolver pistol and pump action gun were recovered by the Police Investigation Team from the Personal Assistant (Political) to the Executive Governor of Kwara State, Mr. Alabi Olalekan\u2019s Farm where he directed his brother to hide them after his arrest by the Police.
\n10.\u00a0In order to conceal evidence, the Chief of Staff to the Executive Governor of Kwara State, Mr. Yusuf Abdulwahab who has been arrested and taken into Police custody, arranged the removal of the sticker plate number with inscription \u201cSARAKI\u201d \u201cKwara, State of Harmony\u201d from the exhibit vehicle and also registered the exhibit Lexus Jeep used in the Offa Bank Robbery and the killings of THIRTY THREE (33) innocent persons in the name of Ayoade AKinnibosun, the overall Gang Commander of the Offa Bank Robbery while the Ayoade AKinnibosun was already in Police custody for more than six (6) days before the registration of the vehicle.
\n11.\u00a0Investigation is ongoing and effort is being intensified to arrest other suspects still at large. All suspects involved will be arraigned in court for prosecution on completion of investigation.
\n12.\u00a0Meanwhile, the Senate President, Sen. Bukola Saraki is being invited by the Nigeria Police Force to report to the Force Intelligence Response Team office at Guzape, Abuja to answer to the allegations levelled against him from the confessions of the Five (5) Gang Leaders, namely; Ayoade Akinnibosun, Ibukunle Ogunleye, Adeola Abraham, Salawudeen Azeez, Niyi Ogundiran and some of the other Seventeen (17) suspects arrested for direct involvement and active participation in the Offa Bank Robbery and the gruesome killing of THIRTY THREE (33) innocent persons which includes (some pregnant women and nine (9) Police personnel).
\n13.\u00a0The Nigeria Police Force will continue to ensure that the rule of law prevails in every case under Police investigation and every offender is brought to justice.
\nThe 22\u00a0suspects<\/strong>:
\ni.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Ayoade Akinnibosun a.k.a AY \u2018M\u2019 37Yrs \u2013 Gang Leader (Coordinated the Killings) From Oro, Irepodun LGA, Kwara State.
\nii.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Ibukunle Ogunleye \u2018M\u2019 36Yrs \u2013 Gang Leader, Killed Two (2) Persons. From Oro, Irepodun LGA, Kwara State
\niii.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Adeola Abraham \u2018M\u2019 35Yrs \u2013 Gang Leader, Killed Five (5) Persons. From Oro, Irepodun LGA, Kwara State.
\niv.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Salawudeen Azeez \u2018M\u2019 49Yrs \u2013 Gang Leader, Killed Two (2) Persons. From Oro, Irepodun LGA, Kwara State.
\nv.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Niyi Ogundiran \u2018M\u2019 37Yrs \u2013 Gang Leader, Killed Two (2) Persons (Latest Confession). From Oro, Irepodun LGA, Kwara State.
\nvi.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Michael Adikwu \u2018M\u2019 30Yrs \u2013 Sectional Gang Leader, Killed Twenty Two (22) Persons, mostly at the Police Station.
\nvii.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Kabiru Afolabi \u2018M\u2019 26Yrs \u2013 Principal Suspect
\nviii.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Omoseni Kassim \u2018M\u2019 28Yrs \u2013 Principal Suspect
\nix.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Kayode Opadokun \u2018M\u2019 35Yrs \u2013 Principal Suspect
\nx.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Kazeem Abdulrasheed \u2018M\u2019 36Yrs \u2013 Principal Suspect
\nxi.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Azeez Abdullahi \u2018M\u2019 27Yrs \u2013 Principal Suspect
\nxii.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Adewale Popoola \u2018M\u2019 22Yrs \u2013 Principal Suspect
\nxiii.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Adetoyese Muftau \u2018M\u2019 23Yrs \u2013 Principal Suspect
\nxiv.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Alexander Reuben \u2018M\u2019 39Yrs \u2013 Principal Suspect
\nxv.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Richard Buba Terry \u2018M\u2019 23Yrs \u2013 Principal Suspect
\nxvi.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Peter Jasper Kuunfa \u2018M\u2019 23Yrs \u2013 Principal Suspect
\nxvii.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Ikechukwu Ebuka Nnaji \u2018M\u2019 29Yrs \u2013 Principal Suspect
\nxviii.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Moses Godwin \u2018M\u2019 28Yrs \u2013 Principal Suspect
\nxix.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Adeola omiyale \u2018M\u2019 38Yrs. From Isanlu Isin Town, Isin LGA, Kwara State.
\nxx.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Femi Idowu \u2018M\u2019 34Yrs
\nxxi.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Alabi Olalekan \u2018M\u2019 49Yrs-PA Political to Executive Governor, Kwara State
\nxxii.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Yusuf Abdulwahab \u2018M\u2019 58Yrs \u2013Chief of Staff to Executive Governor, Kwara State
\nExhibits<\/strong>:
\ni.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Two (2) AK47 Rifles
\nii.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Two (2) Barrette Pistols
\niii.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0One (1) Pump Action Rifle
\niv.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0One (1) Revolver Pistol \u2013 In Police Custody in Ilorin
\nv.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Lexus RX300 Jeep with Reg. No. Kwara, KMA 143 RM belonging to Ayoade Akinnibosun (Gang Leader) \u2013 Used for the Bank Robbery
\nvi.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Mercedes Benz \u2013 Compressor with Reg. No. Lagos LT496 KJA belonging to Ayoade Akinnibosun (Gang Leader) \u2013 Used for the Bank Robbery
\nvii.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0One (1) Toyota Prado Jeep with Reg. No. 19KWGH belonging to the PA Political to the Executive Governor, Kwara State – In Police Custody in Ilorin
\nviii.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0One (1) Toyota Camry Saloon Car with Reg. No. LRN 481 FE – In Police Custody in Ilorin
\nix.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The Cash Sum of Six Hundred Thousand Naira (N600,000.00) – In Police Custody in Ilorin
\nx.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Four (4) Phones of victims recovered
\nxi.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0One (1) Sticker plate number with inscription \u201cSARAKI\u201d \u201cKwara, State of Harmony\u201d
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By ACP Jimoh Moshood, Force Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters, Abuja. The investigation into the Offa Bank Robbery and gruesome killings of more than THIRTY THREE (33) Innocent persons in Offa, Kwara State on the 5th April, 2018 directed by the Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim K. Idris, NPM, mni, has made significant progress, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":9154,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5777],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-features"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9514\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}