Counsel withdraws as Offa banks' robbery suspects are arraigned

Date: 2018-11-15

No fewer than five of the suspected armed robbers of the Offa banks' robberies were, on Wednesday, arraigned before a Magistrates' Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, presided over by Mr. Bio Saliu.

The matter, which came up for mention, was in connection with the April robberies in which Police said no fewer than 33 people, including police personnel and a pregnant woman, were killed.

The PUNCH correspondent gathered that Police prosecutor, Mr. Jimoh Abdulkadir, held brief for the Officer-in-Charge of Legal, Kwara State Police Command, Mr. Kunle Iwalaiye.

Abdulkadir told the court that, based on the advice of the Department of Public Prosecution of the Kwara State Ministry of Justice, the accused persons have cases to answer.

He also pleaded with the court that it was imperative for the Police to be given more time to continue with its investigations to allow for the arrest of more suspects and transfer them to a proper court for trial.

He also intimated the court of an application submitted before it.

But the counsel for the defendants, Mr. Abdulrasheed Lawal, told the court that there was a letter before it requesting the withdrawal of Mr. Abdulwahab Bamidele as the defense counsel for all the accused persons.

Lawal said: "We have a letter before this honourable court dated 24th October, 2018 seeking the withdrawal of Barrister Abdulwahab Bamidele from representing all the accused persons and also myself holding the brief of Abdulwahab Bamidele from the record of this honourable court.

"We have also copied the O/C Legal of the Kwara Police Command. In any circumstance, we want this court to discountenance the said names from the case record because we had no full knowledge of the matter at inception and the information given was misconstrued."

The magistrate in his response granted the withdrawal of Bamidele as the defence counsel. He also agreed that the accused persons have cases to answer.

Saliu said, "This decision will allow the suspects to know their fates in good time."

He, therefore, adjourned the case to Thursday, December 6, 2018. He also ordered that the accused persons remain in prison custody.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Roseline Oni Aremu     Bashir Badawi     Yekeen Alabi     Ita-Ore     Buari Edun     Elerin Of Adanla Irese     Isau     Ilorin International Airport     M.Y. Abdulrahaman     Www.Kwarareports.com     Kwara Volleyball Association     Moremi High School     National Democratic Congress     Olabanji Orilonishe     Kawu     Adeola Abraham     Kwara State Printing And Publishing Corporation     Obasanjo     Abdullahi Saadudeen Alikinla     Pius Abioje     Okedare     Mary Kemi Adeosun     Saad Omo Iya     Alabere     Tunde Yusuf     Kwara State Television (KWTV)     Bamidele Aluko     Opolo Global Innovation Limited     Haliru Yahaya     Damilola Yusuf Adelodun     Aishat Mohammed Lawal     Kale Kawu     Oke Sunna     Aminu Ado Bayero     Tafida Of Ilorin     Musibau Akanji     Plat Technologies Limited     Samuel Adaramola     Suleiman Idris     Afin Descendants Union Of Odo-Owa     Muslim Cementary     AbdulGafar Tosho     Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Rebecca Olanrewaju     Toyin Falola     TESCOM 2025     Mustapha Akanbi     Ilorin Water Reticulation     Shonga Farm Project     Kayode Yusuf     Isiaka Rafiu Mope     Edret Sabi Abel     Turaki     Freshvine Nigeria Limited     Marufat Oladosu     Ilorin West     Kwara Basketball Association     Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi     Rapheal Ashaolu     Sarah Alade     Afolabi-Oshatimehin     Tinubu     Umar Ayinla Saro     Special Agro-Industrial Hub     Admiralty Villa     Ibrahim Issa Jetti     KWASIEC     Gbenga Awoyale     Suleiman Alege Kuranga     Bello Oyebanji     Sidikat Akaje     Press Release     International Public Sector Accounting Standards     Mope Dasuki Belgore     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     AbdulRazaq AbduMajeed Alaro     Olaitan Buraimoh    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Bello Taoheed Abubakar     Ilesha Gwanara Road     Esinniobiwa Quareeb     Iyabo Adisa Ibiyeye     Kawu     Hassan Saliu     Age AbdulKareem     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     NAWOJ     Awodun     Kayode Oyin-Zubair     Emmanuel Olatunji Adesoye     Centre For Digital Economy     Mohammed Alabi Lawal     KwaraLearn     SSA Youth     Sobi Specialist Hospital     Sulyman Age AbdulKareem     EFCC     Bio Ibrahim     Adamu Jemilat-Baki     Tunde Kazeem     Illyasu Abdullahi     Hussein Olokooba     KW-GIS     Olugbense     Shehu Adaramaja     Kwara Teaching Service Commission     Yahaya Jibril Usman     Rebecca Olanrewaju     Florence Saraki     Agboola Abdulraheem     KWTV     Saliu Tunde Bello     Ibrahim Jawondo     Kayode Oyin Zubair     Lawal Olohungbebe     Student Learning Support Helpline     Onilorin Of Ilorin     Budo Egba     Ibrahim Kayode Adeyemi     Y.A. Abdulkareem     Ishaq Oloyede     Salihu Jibril Garbi     TESCOM 2025     Lithium Deposit     Nigeria Governors\' Forum     Baba-Isale     UTME     Ibrahim Mashood     ITEM 7     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     RTEAN     Kwara Politics     ER-KANG     Christian Association Of Nigeria     Issa Manzuma     Azeez Salawu     Kamaldeen Kehinde     Kwara Central     Quranic Recitation Competition     Muslim Stakeholders Of Kwara State     Joana Nnazua Kolo     Olatunde Jare     Seun Bolaji     Alore     Olatunji Bamgbola     Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji     Roheemat Hammed     Afeyin-Olukuta     Saka Balikis Kehinde     Ijagbo Health Centre     Basic Education Certificate Examination     KFA     Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund     Abdulkadir Remi Hawawu     Abubakar Aliagan