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The Nigeria Police Force has said two more suspected armed robbers
arrested in connection with the high-casualty attack on banks in Offa,
kwara State, in April, have implicated Senate President Bukola Saraki in
their confessional statements.
Force Public Relations officer, Jimoh Moshood, who said this in Abuja on
Wednesday while addressing journalists, said the Senate President is still
under investigations for the Offa Robbery.
THE FULL STATEMENT
UPDATE OF POLICE INVESTIGATION INTO THE INDICTMENT OF SENATE PRESIDENT,
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, SEN. BUKOLA SARAKI FROM CONFESSIONS OF FIVE
(5) GANG LEADERS ARRESTED FOR ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN THE OFFA BANKS
ROBBERY AND GRUESOME KILLING OF MORE THAN THIRTY THREE (33) INNOCENT
PERSONS INCLUDING PREGNANT WOMEN AND NINE (9) POLICE OFFICERS ON 5th
APRIL, 2018, IN OFFA, KWARA STATE.
“Nigeria Police Force have arrested two (2) out of the three (3) suspects
mentioned by the Overall Gang Leader of Offa Bank Robbery Ayoade
Akinnibosun a.k.a AY during parade of suspects on 3/6/2018
“Senate President, Sen. Bukola saraki is still under investigation in
connection with the Offa Bank Robbery
“It will be recalled that on 3rd June, 2018, I paraded before the Media
and the Public Fifteen (15) suspects, (Five ‘5’ Gang Leaders and Ten ‘10’
principal Suspects) who admitted, confessed and volunteered statements to
the Police Investigation Team on the active criminal roles they played in
the Bank Robbery of Six (6) Commercial Banks, attack on Divisional Police
Headquarters, Offa and the killing of Thirty Three (33) innocent persons.
“These five (5) gang leaders confessed to the Police as follows:
“Ayoade Akinnibosun a.k.a AY ‘M’ 37Yrs – Gang Leader From Oro, Irepodun
LGA, Kwara State. Confessed to have coordinated the Bank Robbery and the
killing of Thirty Three (33) innocent persons during the bank robbery.
“Ibukunle Ogunleye ‘M’ 36Yrs – Gang Leader from Oro, Irepodun LGA, Kwara
State, confessed to have killed Two (2) Persons during the bank robbery.
“Adeola Abraham ‘M’ 35Yrs – Gang Leader from Oro, Irepodun LGA, Kwara
State. Confessed to have killed Five (5) Persons during the bank robbery.
“Salawudeen Azeez ‘M’ 49Yrs – Gang Leader from Oro, Irepodun LGA, Kwara
State. Confessed to have killed Two (2) Persons during the bank robbery.
“Niyi Ogundiran ‘M’ 37Yrs – Gang Leader from Oro, Irepodun LGA, Kwara
State. Confessed to have killed Two (2) Persons during the bank robbery.
“The other Seventeen (17) suspects volunteered confessional statements
admitting their active participation in the Offa bank robbery; they also
corroborated the confessions of the five (5) principal suspects mentioned
in paragraph two (2) above.
“During the parade, the main gang leader, Ayoade Akinnibosun a.k.a AY ‘M’
37Yrs, mentioned three (3) other suspected vicious and notorious political
thugs and in possession of Firearms, ammunition and other dangerous
weapons working according to him for the Senate President, Sen. Bukola
Saraki in the Kwara central Senatorial District, namely Alhaji Kehinde
Gobiri aka Captain, Alhaji Oba Shuaib Olododo aka Jawando and Alhaji Dona.
“Two (2) of these suspects namely Alhaji Kehinde Gobiri aka Captain
‘47yrs’ Native of Ilorin East LGA Kwara State and Alhaji Oba Shuaib
Olododo aka Jawando ‘53yrs’ Native of Ilorin South, Kwara State are now in
Police custody and have admitted to various crimes and criminalities they
have committed in Kwara Central Senatorial District under the guise of
political thuggery for the Senate President, Sen. Bukola Saraki. They are
currently under investigation and will be charged to court on completion
of investigation.
“Consequent upon all the above and the confessions of the Five (5) gang
leaders namely; Ayoade Akinnibosun, Ibukunle Ogunleye, Adeola Abraham,
Salawudeen Azeez, Niyi Ogundiran and some of the other Seventeen (17)
suspects arrested for direct involvement and active participation in the
Offa Bank Robbery and the gruesome killing of THIRTY THREE (33) innocent
persons admitted and volunteered statements that they were political thugs
of the Senate President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Sen. Bukola Saraki
and the Executive Governor of Kwara State, Alh. Abdulfatah Ahmed. The Five
(5) gang leaders further confessed during investigation that they are
political thugs under the name Youth Liberation Movement a.k.a “Good Boys”
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. These confessions were
made before the media and the public on the 3rd of June, 2018. It is
therefore, evidently clear that the Senate President, Sen. Bukola Saraki
has case to answer.
“It was also discovered during further investigations that three (3) gang
leaders who participated actively in the Offa Bank Robbery (i) Ayoade
Akinnibosun aka AY (ii) Ibukunle Ogunleye aka Arrow and (iii) Adeola
Abraham followed the Senate President, Sen. Bukola Saraki to Oloffa’s
Palace when the Senate President paid a condolence visit to Offa after the
Bank Robbery.
“New revelations from further investigation into the matter show that all
the five (5) gang leaders namely; Ayoade Akinnibosun, Ibukunle Ogunleye,
Adeola Abraham, Salawudeen Azeez, Niyi Ogundiran have direct connection to
the Senate President, Sen. Bukola Saraki as new pictures of one of the
five (5) gang leaders when paraded by the Police early in the week was in
‘Aso Ebi’ (trouser) used during the Senate President daughter’s wedding.
The Five (5) gang leaders further admitted that they attended the Senate
President daughter’s wedding held recently.
“The Nigeria Police Force will not be cowed or succumb to intimidation
from any quarter in carrying out a thorough and discreet investigation
into the Offa Bank Robbery where significant successes have been recorded.
The ongoing investigation will be driven to a logical conclusion.
“Meanwhile, the Senate President, Sen. Bukola Saraki is still under
investigation in connection to the Offa bank Robbery and the Nigeria
Police Force will do everything possible within the ambit of the law to
ensure that justice is done in this case.