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OFFA ROBBERY! Police parade suspects who implicated Saraki [Photos]
The Nigeria Police have paraded the offa bank robbery suspects that indicted Senate President, Bukola Saraki, earlier today (Sunday) in Abuja.
The police after the suspects’ confession invited Saraki to report at the Force Intelligence Response Team office at Guzape, Abuja.
Saraki is expected to answer to the allegations levelled against him by some of the suspects who took part in Offa robbery.
Police said the suspects confessed during investigation that they are political thugs under the name Youth Liberation Movement a.k.a “Good Boys”.
They also admitted and confessed that they are being sponsored with firearms, money and operational vehicles by the Senate President and the Governor of Kwara State, Alh. Abdulfatah Ahmed.
The suspect went for the robbery in Offa with an operational vehicle with a car sticker in shape of number plate with the inscription; ‘SARAKI’.
The spokesman for the police said 22 suspects have so far been arrested for their alleged involvement in the robbery attack which left 33 persons dead including nine policemen and some pregnant women.
The gang members who indicted the Senate President are; Ayoade Akinnibosun, Ibukunle Ogunleye, Adeola Abraham, Salawudeen Azeez and Niyi Ogundiran.
Ogunleye confessed to killing two persons, Abraham killed five persons, Azeez killed two persons, and Ogundiran killed two persons during the robbery.
Other suspects arrested are; The PA Political to the Governor of Kwara State, Alabi Olalekan and the Chief of Staff to the Governor of Kwara State, Yusuf Abdulwahab.
Michael Adikwu; sectional gang leader, killed 22 persons mostly at the police station.
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