Some of the wanted robbery suspects were apprehended by the operatives of the Intelligence Response Team led by a Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari.
More suspects have been arrested in connection with the April 5 Offa bank robberies during which nine policemen and 33 persons were killed. The wanted criminals were apprehended by the operatives of the Intelligence Response Team led by a Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari.
The additional suspects were apprehended in Kwara, Oyo and Kogi states and were assisting the police to track down other accomplices.
The latest suspects belonged to the Michael Adikwu’s gang, the dismissed policeman and an ex-convict. He actually led our men to the hideout of the men where they were arrested, according to reports.
The suspects, it was gathered, would soon be brought to Abuja and paraded before the media. The Police had recently paraded some Offa robbery suspects who implicated Saraki.
According to the Police, 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 to have been sponsored with firearms, money and operational vehicles by the Senate President, Sen. Bukola Saraki 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 had the inscription; ‘SARAKI’.