The robbery, which took place on
April 5, led to the death of 33 persons, including pregnant women and 12 police
officers.
In a statement on Wednesday, the
police said three gang leaders in the robbery incident accompanied Saraki on
the condolence he paid the community after the attack.
Jimoh Moshood, force spokesman,
named the gang leaders who accompanied Saraki on the condolence visit to the
traditional ruler of the community to include Ayoade Akinnibosun, Ibukunle
Ogunleye and Adeola Abraham.
“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 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,” Moshood said.
“The five (5) gang leaders
further admitted that they attended the Senate President daughter’s wedding
held recently.”
The force said Saraki — who has
been asked to respond to the allegations in writing — remains under
investigation and that it “would not be cowed or succumb to intimidation from
any quarter in carrying out a thorough and discreet investigation” into the
case.
Below is the full statement from
Moshood:
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.
2. These five (5) gang leaders
confessed to the Police as follows:
i. 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.
ii. Ibukunle Ogunleye ‘M’ 36Yrs –
Gang Leader from Oro, Irepodun LGA, Kwara State, confessed to have killed Two
(2) Persons during the bank robbery.
iii. Adeola Abraham ‘M’ 35Yrs –
Gang Leader from Oro, Irepodun LGA, Kwara State. Confessed to have killed Five
(5) Persons during the bank robbery.
iv. Salawudeen Azeez ‘M’ 49Yrs –
Gang Leader from Oro, Irepodun LGA, Kwara State. Confessed to have killed Two
(2) Persons during the bank robbery.
v. Niyi Ogundiran ‘M’ 37Yrs –
Gang Leader from Oro, Irepodun LGA, Kwara State. Confessed to have killed Two
(2) Persons during the bank robbery.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
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