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.

Doyin Group     Towoju     Mopelola Abdulmaliq-Bashir     Abdulrahman Iliasu     Peter Obi     20 Billion Bond     Ibraheem Abdullateef     Omotosho     Wahab Abayawo     Convocation Ceremonies     Sunday Popo-Ola     Yaman     Share     Yusuf Amuda Abubakar     Nigerian Correctional Service     Kayode Oyin-Zubair     Amule Elementary School     Taofik Abiodun Ahmed     Sarafadeen Kayode Akorede     Binta Abubakar-Mora     Nigeria Foundation For Artificial Intelligence     Yusuf Abdulwahab     Prince Bola Ajibola     Abiodun Oyedepo     Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Sayomi     Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board     Read With Me     Ezekiel Yissa Benjamin     Yaru     Binta Abubakar Mora     Oluranti Idowu     Musibau Akanji     Rapheal Ashaolu     Patience Jonathan     John Olajide Adedipe     Akom Construction And Engineering Synergy Ltd     Ajikobi     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     KWSIEC     Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund     Adamu Jemilat-Baki     High Court     Gambari     Ramadan     Abdulkareem Alabi     Damilola Yusuf Adelodun     Raliat Islamic Foundation     Adewuyi Funmilayo     Dasuki Belgore     Saadatu Modibbo-Kawu     Alfa Belgore     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     Asiwaju Bola Tinubu     Age AbdulKareem     Amuda Aluko     ANCOPPS     Yusuf Arowosaye     Olateju Lukman     Ahman Pategi     Theophilus Oyebiyi     Dairo Kunle Paul     Millennium Development Goals     Rasaq Jimoh     Afin Descendants Union Of Odo-Owa     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     Makama Of Ilorin     Aisha Ahman Pategi     Hakeem Lawal     Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem     Ilorin Central Mosque     Yahaya Dumoye     Baboko     TIIDELab     Oko-Olowo     2017 Budget     Ahmad Ali    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Adeleke Ogungbe     Mustapha Olanipekun     Ohoro Of Shao     Tsado Manman     Aishatu Ahmed Gobir     Aliyu Olatunji Ajanaku     PharmAccess Foundation     Kwara Restoration Project     Rabiu Kwankwaso     Nigerian Medical Association     Wahab Isa     Naira Redesign     Hassan Saliu     Majlis For Sadaqah, Zakat And Waqf     Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara     Olusin Of Ijara Isin     Kwara Volleyball Association     Elerin Of Adanla     Aliyu Kora-Sabi     Diagnostic Centre     Salami Adekunle     Sodiya     Ilorin Like-Minds     Federal College Of Education (Special), Afon     Jebba     Tunji Arosanyin     V.O. Abioye     Sarah Jubril     Rebecca Olanrewaju     Christian Association Of Nigeria     Funmilayo Oniwa     Bolakale Saka     Ariyo     Umar Ayinla Saro     Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Interchange     Valsolar     Bature Bello     Salake     Buari Edun     Musa Ayinla Yeketi     Obuh     Kale Ayo     QuickWin     Opobiyi     Oniwasi Agbaye     TVC Female National Debate     Idowu Laro     Oke-Ogun     Yahaya Seriki Gambari     Kulende-UITH     TETFUND     Owo Arugbo     Makama Of Ilorin     Kwara Liberation Group     John Olajide Adedipe     Alabere     Bisi Kristien     David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Omoniyi M. Ayinla     Muhammad Fawaz Abubakar     KW-GIS     Afusat Nike Ibrahim     Toyin Olayinka Tejidini     Trader Moni     Omoniyi Ayinla     Government High School Adeta     Roheemat Hammed     Medview Airlines     Asiwaju Bola Tinubu     Abdulrasheed Na\'Allah     KWASSIP     Oba Abdulrahim     Gabriel Fashanu     Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu     Abdulrauf Aliyu     08001000100     Suleiman Alege Kuranga