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Saraki, in the video, addressed some people in Offa, mainly religious leaders, after a meeting with the Olofa of Offa, Oba Mufutau Muhammed Oloyede Gbadamosi, Okikiola Esuwoye II

The three men charged in the April 5, 2018 bank robbery in Offa, Kwara State on Friday told a High Court in Ilorin that their confessional statements admitting to the crime were obtained under duress while in police custody.

One of the prosecution witnesses in the ongoing Offa robbery case, Inspector Hitila Hassan, said on Friday that no fewer than 21 AK 47 rifles were stolen from the armoury of a police station in the community.

The Kwara Government has handed the prosecution of Offa robbery case to a private law firm, Wahab Egbewole and Co.

Yusuph Olaniyonu, the Special Adviser (Media and Publicity) to the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has stated that if there is any doctored version of the Christmas Day radio interview by his boss, the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, who presented it, should be asked where he got it from.

The President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has described the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, as a liar.

Armed robbers had on April 5, 2018 invaded Offa Community in Kwara State, killing 33 persons, including nine policemen and a pregnant woman

The Suspected armed robbers allegedly involved in the April 5, deadly bank robbery in Offa town on Friday, pleaded not guilty to Criminal conspiracy, armed robbery, illegal firearms, culpable homicide preferred against them at the Kwara High Court, Ilorin.

The position of the Senate president was contained in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, on Friday.

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.

The position of the state was contained in a statement on Monday by its Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Kamaldeen Ajibade

The Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, has emphasised that he would leave no stone unturned to strengthen the security of lives and property across the state.

Oshiomhole, who spoke extempore, said senators elected on the platform of the APC will impeach Saraki as he cannot as a member of the Peoples Democratic Party be occupying a seat meant for the party in the majority in the Senate

The Commissioner of Police, Kwara Police Command, Aminu Saleh, has called for increased use of technology to fight crime and ensure adequate security in the country.

This was as the lead counsel to the suspect, Ibrahim Adelodun (SAN), bemoaned the failure of the police to release another suspect over the same incident, Alhaji Babatunde AbdulWahab, the Chief o Staff to the governor, who has been granted bail by another high court in the state

The President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has again written to the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, over the Offa robbery, in which 33 persons, including nine policemen, were killed.

Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant, in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday, said “the law of the land is intended for all, not for the poor or those at the lowest rungs of the social ladder”.

President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday failed to honour the invitation of the Nigeria Police Force over his indictment in the Offa bank robbery.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, on July 23, invited Saraki to report to the Head of Intelligence Response Team on July 24 at 8 a.m. in Guzape, Abuja, over the recent Offa robbery.

Saraki in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, stated that he has it on good authority that the Police had already decided on the suspects to arraign in court in Ilorin, Kwara State on Wednesday based on the advice of the Director of Public Prosecution, U.E. Mohammed, and that the turn around to invite him was a ploy aimed at scoring cheap political points.