Offa Robbery: I'm Vindicated, Says Saraki

Date: 2018-11-21

Following eventual disclosure by the Police that Michael Adikwu, the principal suspect in the deadly bank robbery attacks in Offa, Kwara State, on April 5, 2018, is dead, the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has called on the Presidency to institute a judicial inquiry into the 'how and when' the suspect died.

In a statement by his Special Adviser (Media and Publicity), Yusuph Olaniyonu, Saraki noted that the new disclosure by the Police has vindicated his earlier claim that the suspect had been murdered in police custody and that the investigation was politically motivated to implicate him (Senate President), Governor Abdulfatai Ahmed and a few others.

He stated that the inquiry would help to thoroughly examine and interrogate how the investigation into the robbery incident was conducted by the Police and whether the investigation followed the normal process and comply with global best practices.

He added that the Police needed to confirm why it took them so long to make the disclosure about the death of the principal suspect after they categorically denied it at the time he (Saraki) disclosed the information and it was reported in the media.

"It should be recalled that when we mentioned it that the principal suspect had been murdered and that investigation into the Offa robbery attack was politically motivated and targeted at implicating me and other individuals, the Police Public Relations Officer, Moshood Jimoh said: 'Michael Adikwu is in Police custody. You know that he is the one that led the killing of 22 people. The fire arms that were carted away, he is helping the police in the investigation to recover them. There is a state in the South-west where they kept him. I can't mention the state. It is in one of the South-west states'.

"The fresh facts have now thrown more light into why there had been inconsistencies in the various statement

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Sadiq Buhari     Kaiama     Elections     Issa Baba     Stephen Fasakin     Kola Adesina     Aasiyat Bello Oyedepo     Shuaib Jawondo     Olaiya Zuberu     Joseph Bamigboye     Niguel Gallando Marcias     Maigida     Iqra Books     Yekini Adio     SWAN     Arik     Saka Balikis Kehinde     11th Galadima     Abdulganiy Abimbola Abdussalam     Isapa     Alabere     Oyeyemi Olasumbo Florence     Bamidele Adegoke Oladimeji     Mohammed Abduraheem     Taofik Abiodun Ahmed     Salau Kabiru Abdullahi     Ahmed Bolaji Nagode     Facemasks     Awwal Jawondo     Danhawa     IF-K     Afolabi-Oshatimehin     Women For Change And Development Initiative     Abiodun Oyedepo     Kassim Babamale     Kisra     Leke Ogungbe     Monthly Sanitation Exercise     Aishat Sulu-Gambari     Aliyu Adebayo     Olupako     Ajase-Ipo     Bature Bello     Eruku     Inside Kwara     Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi     CLAY POT     Rice Farmers Association Of Nigeria     Kwara North     Soffiyyallah Kamaldeen     Jimba Babatunde     Just Law Forum     Michael Imoudu National Institute For Labour Studies     Ibrahim Jawondo     Idowu Laro     Bola Magaji     Centre For Digital Economy     Folashade Omoniyi     Ajibola Ademola Julius     TIC     Trader Moni     Razak Atunwa     March 18     Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi     Yoonus Lawal     Muhammed Akanbi     Tuesday Assayomo     Oluronke Adeyemi     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport     Gbemi Saraki     Shehu Jimoh     Saheed Akinwumi     Oke Sunna     Tayo Awodiji     Abdulkadir Orire     SSA Youth Engagement     Peter Obi    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Ibrahim Abikan     Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa     Benin Republic     Salihu Ajia     Ilorin Emirate     ASMAU PLAZA     Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa     Maryam Nurudeen     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Abiodun Jacob Ajiboye     Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies     Bahago     Women Radio     Yekini Adio     New Naira Notes     Gani Saadu     Razaq Ayobami Akanbi     Binta Sulyman     Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Idiagbon     Dele Momodu     Olomu     Col. Taiwo     TVC Female National Debate     Abdulquowiyu Olododo     NIRSAL     Kwara 2023     Oyeyemi Olasumbo Florence     Mumini Ishola Hanafi     Oke-Ogun     Plat Technologies     Law School Scholarship     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     Afonja     Yahaya Jibril Usman     Erin-ile     Nigerian Medical Association     Babaloja-General     Saadatu Modibbo-Kawu     Haliru Dantoro     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     Isiaka Abdulrazak     FERMA     Onilu     Sulaiman Gado     Nurudeen Mohammed     Aisha Ahman Pategi     Jaigbade Alao     Firdaos Amasa     Opaleke Bukola Iyabo     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     Abdulrazaq Adebayo     Facebook     Dapo Teni Nig Enterprise     Sobi Specialist Hospital     Afolabi-Oshatimehin     Elerin Of Adanla Irese     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     Government High School Adeta     Peculiar Allowance     Kwara State Television (KWTV)     NTA Ilorin     GAMA     International Public Sector Accounting Standards     Lukman Adeloyin     Adebayo Mohammed Kamaldeen     Iyabo Adewuyi     Magaji Nda     Bamidele Adegoke     COVID-19 Palliatives     Mohammed Lawal Bagega     Baba Issa     Forgo Battery Company Limited     Local Government     Yahaya Seriki Gambari