Court Remands Three Men for Allegedly Killing Man in Kwara State
According to a news report from Leadership, Justice Haleema Salman has reserved judgment in the six-year trial of six accused in the April 5, 2018, bank robbery in Offa, Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State. The judgment is scheduled for August 2, 2024.
The judge adopted the final written addresses yesterday, which contained arguments from the two lead counsel, Rotimi Jacob (SAN) for the state and Mathew Emeribe for the defence.
The prosecution and defence teams presented their addresses one after the other on points of law. However, the presiding judge noted that the August 2, 2024, date for judgment is tentative.
Leadership recalls that the six accused persons, including a deceased policeman, Michael Adikwu, Ayoade Akinnibosun, Azeez Salahudeen, Niyi Ogundiran, Ibikunle Ogunleye, and Adeola Abraham, were arrested in connection with the incident. Ayoade Akinnibosun and four others are currently standing trial, which began on November 11, 2018.
LEADERSHIP recalls that on April 5, 2018, some suspected armed robbers attacked five commercial banks in the Offa town in the Offa local government area of Kwara State, killing over 30 persons in the process, including nine policemen.
The accused, Ayoade Akinnibosun, Ibikunle Ogunleye, Adeola Abraham and two others, were charged to court by the police for criminal conspiracy to rob the banks, murder of nine policemen and other citizens, and illegal possession of firearms.
Adikwu died in police custody, while the remaining five pleaded not guilty to the charges preferred against them.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Oke-Ogun Muhammad Yahya Amada Jidda Abatemi Usman Saka Aleshinloye AGILE Programme Shettima Islamiya Abdulraheem Government High School (GHS), Adeta Post Utme Abdul Jimoh Mohammed Kumbi Titilope College Of Education Abikan Stephen Fasakin Rice Farmers Association Of Nigeria Lola Olabayo AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah Kwara State University Of Education John Dara IF-K Susan Modupe Oluwole Yusuf Amuda Gobir Oyeyemi Olasumbo Florence Abdulraheem Olesin Olohungbebe Apata Ajele Secondary School Isiaka AbdulRazaq Adesina Simon Sodiya Muyideen Ajani Bello Budo-Egba Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum Surajudeen Akanbi Ibrahim Oniye Abdullah Janet Amudat Aasiyat Bello Oyedepo Bursary Sardauna ER-KANG Mining Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji Abdullahi Dasilva Yussuf Osuwa Sherif Shagaya Bahago Abdulrasheed Akogun Henry Olaosebikan Suleiman Ajadi Rachael Obisesan National Party Of Nigeria Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi LEAH Charity Foundation Smart School Hakeem Lawal Ahmad Olayiwola Kamaldeen ANCOPPS Kale Belgore Millennium Development Goals Sam Okaula Bamidele Adegoke Suleiman Mora Omar National Union Of Road Transport Workers Tunde Yusuf Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants Ltd KWIRS Aishatu Ahmed Gobir Adebayo Mohammed Kamaldeen Dunmade Doyin Awoyale Muhammed Danjuma Michael Imoudu National Institute For Labour Studies Dele Momodu Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa Shagari Ronke Adeyemi Iyaloja-General Joseph Offorjama Ibrahim Oloriegbe

