BREAKING: After 6 Years, Court Finally Sentences All 5 Suspects in Deadly Offa Bank Robbery to Death

• The Kwara state high court, Ilorin, sentenced five suspects who had been standing trial over the Offa bank robbery incident to death by hanging
• Legit.ng recalls that the bank robbery took place on April 5, 2018, where over 30 persons, including nine police officers, were killed
• Those convicted and sentenced to death by the court are Azeez Salahudeen, Ayoade Akinnibosun, Ibikunle Ogunleye, Niyi Ogundiran, and Adeola Abraham

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Offa, Kwara state - Justice Haleema Salman of the Kwara state high court, Ilorin, on Thursday, September 26, ruled that there is no evidence from the defendants in the infamous Offa bank robbery case that they are licensed to carry arms.

Legit.ng reports that the five accused persons were found guilty of illegal possession of firearms.

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They were found guilty of conspiracy to commit armed robbery and armed robbery. The convicts were also culpable of conspiracy to commit culpable homicide and culpable homicide, offences punishable by death.

Recall that the horrific Offa bank attack was a robbery which led to the death of 33 people. Using dynamites and guns, the robbers attacked four commercial banks on April 4, 2018.

According to the Kwara state police command, nine police officers were brutally killed in the attack which lasted for over one hour.

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Robbers shoot bank customer in Kogi

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that armed robbers unleashed terror on a man coming out of a new generation bank in Lokoja, Kogi state capital.

The hoodlums dispossessed him of a yet-to-be-ascertained sum of money before shooting him.

An eyewitness disclosed that the the assailants trailed the man from the bank up to Phase II, Lokongoma area in front of the market where they stopped his car, dragged him out and shot him.

Source: Legit.ng