Offa Community Split Over Kwara High Court Ruling on 2018 Bank Robbery

Date: 2024-10-04

The recent judgment of the Kwara State High Court regarding the 2018 Offa banks robbery has left the community divided. After a six-year trial, Justice Haleema Salman last week sentenced the remaining five suspects involved in the robbery to death by hanging. The convicts—Ayoade Akinnibosun, Azeez Salahudeen, Niyi Ogundiran, Ibikunle Ogunleye, and Adeola Abraham—were found guilty of the brutal attack that claimed the lives of 32 people, including nine policemen.

The ruling, however, has sparked differing opinions within the Offa community. On Thursday, the home branch of the Offa Descendants' Union (ODU) urged the Kwara State Government to revisit the case, raising concerns about the judgment.

The Offa robbery, which occurred on April 5, 2018, shocked the nation due to the sheer scale of the violence and loss of life, and the recent court ruling has revived emotional reactions from different quarters of the community.

Addressing journalists in Offa, the chairman of the union, Chief Tajudeen Lanre Shittu, said though the community welcomed the judgement, it expressed reservations 'that many questions have not been answered'.

They called on the state government to expedite action on the execution of the judgement.

'There is the need for a holistic probing of all the factors, notions and personalities, so as to remove the public impression that the Nigeria Police investigation on the incident is incomplete and certain individuals are being covered up.

“The community is unsatisfied with how the police command handled the investigation and expressed reservations. Those who supplied the vehicle used for the robbery and all those mentioned during the course of trial should be investigated”.

But in a statement last night, some 'leaders of thought and indigenes under the aegis of Offa Koya, Offa Kowosi, dismissed the position of the home branch, adding that it was politically motivated

They accused the ODU home branch chairman of using the community's name for cheap politics.

When contacted last night, the national secretary of national branch of the ODU, Mrs Wosilat McCarthy, said Shittu cannot be speaking for the ODU.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Fawenu     Doyin Awoyale     Bank Of Industry     Tinubu     Paul Odama     Kayode Zubair     Ariyo     Government Girls’ Day Secondary School Pakata     All Peoples Party     Femi Gbajabiamila     Tunde Mukaila Mustapha     Salihu Ajibola Ajia     Bayer Nigeria Limited     Col. Ibrahim Taiwo     3MTT     Col. Taiwo     Yusuf A. Usman     Anilelerin     Samuel Adaramola     Alfa Modibo Belgore     Isiaq Khadeejah     Idris Garuba     CLAY POT     Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi     Akande Idowu Ayoola Muhammed     Ilorin International Airport     Abdulkadir Jimoh     Abdulrasheed Na\'Allah     Abubakar Usman Jos     Kazeem Adekanye     Ilorin South     Garba Idris Ajia     Mahmud Ajeigbe     Bature Bello     Umar Sanda Yusuf     Quran     Lateef Fagbemi     Kola Olota     Modibbo Kawu     Raliat Elelu-Habeeb     NaAllah     SSA Youth     Grillo     Kayode Issa     Yakubu Gobir     Eghe Igbinehi     Alabe     Abdulrahman Abdulrasak     Plat Technologies     Hakeem Idris     Valsolar Consultoria     Funmilayo Zubair     Suleiman Abubakar     Gbemi Saraki     Ibrahim Gambari     Quareeb     Abdulganiyu AbdulAzeez     Akeem Olatunji     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     Raliat AbdulRazaq     Alapado     Demola Banu     Bolakale Kawu     Prince Mahe Abdulkadir     Principal Private Secretary     Idris Garba     Prince Sunday Fagbemi     Alao Ayotunde     Aishat Sulu-Gambari     Ibrahim Mohammed     Ayoade Akinnibosun     Alfa Modibbo Belgore     Bamidele Adegoke Oladimeji     Moses Salami     Garba Ayodele Wahab     Moshood Kashimawo Abiola     Olofa Of Offa    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode     Omu Aran     Sherif Sagaya     Abdulrazaq Solihudeen     Otunba Taiwo Joseph     Ilorin Anchor Men And Women     Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab     Abdulkadir Jimoh     Kwara State Internal Revenue Service     Kulende     Societe Generale Bank Of Nigeria     Olayinka Are     Olupako     Babaloja-General     Elerinjare-Ibobo     Lucky Omoluwa     AbdulRazaq AbduMajeed Alaro     Abdulquowiyu Olododo     Isiaka Oniwa     GGDSS Pakata     Abraysports FC     Bareke     Ilorin South     Arandun     Alaaya     Solomon Edojah     Plat Technologies     Kumbi Titiloye     National Democratic Congress     AbdulQowiy Olododo     Nigeria Computer Society     Oyelere Oyinloye     Pakata     Tanke Road     Ileloke     Sheikh Ridhwanullah     Abdullahi Saadudeen Alikinla     Mohammed Saidu     Kazeem Oladepo     Ramadhan     Yoonus Kola Olatinwo     Kwara Poly     Salihu Jibril Garbi     Donatus Ejidike     Yahaya Seriki Gambari     Lanre Jimoh     Afetu Of Alabe     Saliu Tunde Bello     Abdulrazaq Aiyelabegan     Afolabi-Oshatimehin Adenike Harriet     Ishaq Salman     Raimi Iyanda     VADA     Kwara 2023     Umar Saro     Ahmed Saidu Rufai     Kayode Zubair     Curfew     Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     Basic Education Certificate Examination     Ajeigbe     Kayode Bankole     Bayo Lawal     Haleeman Salman     Jumoke F. Ajao     Muhammad Mustapha Suleiman     Adedeji Onimago     Radio SBS     Funke Adedoyin     BECE     Rebecca Olanrewaju     Mubarak Oladosu     Gbemisola Oguntimehin     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     Rafiu Ajakaye     Asiwaju Bola Tinubu     Radio Kwara