How my brother was killed in Offa bank robbery - Chief imam

Date: 2018-04-10

The Chief Imam of Ijagbo, Muftau Jamiu, on Sunday, April 8, narrated how his brother, Alawunde Jamiu, died during the armed robbery experienced by some banks in Offa, Kwara state, on Thursday, April 5.

The Islamic cleric said Alawunde's death was a devastating blow and a tragedy for the family. He stated that Alawunde, who until his death was the Operations Manager of Ibolo Micro-Finance Bank in Offa, Offa local government area of Kwara state, had gone to work unaware of the impending disaster.

Though the Kwara state commissioner of police, Lawan Ado, said 17 people comprising nine policemen and eight civilians died in the robbery incident, the operations commander, Vigilante Group of Nigeria, Offa chapter, Wasiu Adepoju, said the vigilantes counted about 50 dead bodies after the incident, Punch reports.

The affected banks are Union Bank, EcoBank, Guarantee Trust Bank, First Bank, Zenith Bank and Ibolo Micro Finance Bank. In an interview with Punch, Jamiu said Alawunde had gone to work that day, but he was hit by a bullet. He said the office of his late brother was near Zenith Bank in Offa.

He said those who learnt of Alawunde's death called him to come to Alawunde's office, noting that he was shocked to see his brother's lifeless body upon arrival.

Jamiu said though the family had accepted Alawunde's death in good faith, it was a big setback to the happiness of the wife and their four children.

NAIJ.com previously reported that the minister of information and culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Sunday, April 8, paid a condolence visit to Governor Abdul Fatah Ahmed of Kwara, over the last week's bank robbery in Offa. Mohammed also condoled with the families of the victims of the April 5 robbery attack.

He said the inspector general of police, Ibrahim Idris, had assured that perpetrators of robbery attack would be arrested and brought to justice.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Sobi     Earlyon Technologies     Kamaldeen Ajibade     Ilorin Like-Minds     General Hospital, Ilorin     Abubakar Baba Sulaiman     Kwabes     NULGE     Babatunde Idiagbon     Justina Oha     Al-Adaby     Madawaki Of Ilorin     Kayode Ogunlowo     08001000100     Eleja Taiwo Banu     Nigeria Association Of Women Journalists     International Vocational Centre     Hussein Oloyede     Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman     KWAFFA     Kola Adesina     Mohammed Abdulahi     Elesie Of Esie     Hassan Oyeleke     Harmony Holdings     Raji Ayodele Kamaldeen     Jimoh Bashir     Omoniyi M. Ayinla     Olatinwo     Fatimah Abdulkadir     Ayo Salami     Neo Mundo Ltd     Michael Ologundea     Ogidi-Oloje     Allocation     Bareke     Galadima     Abdullahi Biffo     Mary Arinde     Omoniyi     Tanke     Oasis Muslim Care Foundation     Mahee Abdulkadir     COVID-19 Palliatives     Abdulmajeed Wahab     Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road     Iyeru Grammar School     Kwara Pdp     Sango-UITH Road     Adegoke Bamidele     Cornelius Adebayo     SWAN     Awodun     Ahmed     CLAY POT     Saad Omo\'ya     Hamza Usman     Garment Factory     Hijab     Ahmed Ayinla Jimoh     Olaiya Lawal     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     JAMB     Chief Imam Of Offa     Habeeb Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Aliyu Salihu     Abdulazeez Arowona     Aiyedun     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     Aisha Ahman-Pategi     Diagnostic Centre     Fatai Adeniyi Garba     Abdulwahab Ololele     Yusuf Abdulkadir     Gbenga Awoyale     Rebecca Bake     KFA    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Tsaragi-Share     Offa Poly     Ronke Adeyemi     Vasolar Consultoria     Isaac Aderemi Kolawole     Raymond Olaitan     Sobi Hill     Ahmed Dankaya     Gbenga Olawepo     Lola Ashiru     Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara     Gobir Organization Foundation     Public Holiday     Tsaragi     Ambassador Kayode Laro     All Peoples Party     Offa Grammer School     John Kehinde Salako     Oba Sulaiman Asude     AbdulRazaq Jiddah     Nagode     Folaranmi Aro     Olaosebikan     Azeez Bello     Local Government     Tafida Of Kaiama     Muhammad-Mustapha Suleiman     C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng     Maja     Gaa Olobi     Al-Hikmah University     Alanamu     Kwara Liberation Group     Binta Abubakar-Mora     Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan     Tunde Idiagbon Road     Apaokagi     Ladi Hassan     Abdulkareem Alabi     Danladi     Umar Bayo Abdulwahab     Dele Momodu     CELF     Muhammad Mustapha Suleiman     Ajike People Support Centre     Monthly Sanitation Exercise     Ile Arugbo     Goodluck Jonathan     Salary     Abdulwahab Ololele     Alfa Modibo Belgore     Elese Of Igbaja     Okin Group     Lola Olabayo     Abraysports FC     SAPZ Project     Face Masks     Abdulrauf Aliyu     John Dara     Ali Ahmad     Muideen Olaniyi Alalade     Kayode Ibrahim     Muslim Stakeholders Of Kwara State     Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja     Ope Saraki     Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship     Samuel Olusegun Adedayo     Bamikole Omishore     Oro Grammar School Old Students Association     Abdullahi Atanda     Olatunde Michaels     Ajuloopin     Ilorin Amusement Park     Manzuma     Rachael Obisesan     Federal Road Maintenance Agency     Kwara State Health Insurance Agency