The Nigeria Police Force on
Thursday, claimed that Michael Adikwu, who was among those arrested for their
alleged roles in the April 5 bank robbery in Offa, Kwara state, “was not
murdered, but slumped and died”.
The Kwara State Justice
Commissioner, Kamal Ajibade, announced Adikwu’s death during the trial of five
suspects on prosecution for the fatal robbery.
Ajibade told the judge that he
was informed by the police of his death, but was not told how the suspect died.
Many Nigerians, including Senate
President, Bukola Saraki, have since criticised the police demanding to know
how the suspect died.
Saraki, who had been allegedly
named by some of the suspects as their sponsor, demanded a probe of the death.
In a statement by police
spokesperson, Jimoh Moshood, the police said the suspect’s death does not
absolve Saraki of any wrongdoing.
“Michael Adikwu ‘M’ 30Yrs was not
murdered but slumped and died in detention while investigation into the Offa
Bank Robbery was ongoing. It is also important for the public to know that the
deceased Michael Adikwu ‘M’ 30Yrs was not among the Five (5) gang leaders that
indicted and implicated the senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, therefore,
his death cannot in anyway vindicate Senator Bukola Saraki. There is a
post-mortem examination result in respect of the death of Michael Adikwu ‘M’
30Yrs,” the police spokesperson said.
Read the full police statement
below:
RE- OFFA BANK ROBBERY: SARAKI
DEMANDS PROBE OF DEATH OF PRINCIPAL SUSPECT
All Five (5) suspects that
indicted and implicated Senator Bukola Saraki, Senate President Federal
Republic of Nigeria in the Offa Bank Robbery are alive and now in Court
The Death of Michael Adikwu ‘M’
30Yrs (A Dismissed Police Man and an Ex- Convict) a sectional gang leader who
confessed to have killed Twenty Two (22) persons including pregnant women and
Nine (9) Police personnel during Offa Bank Robbery cannot vindicate the Senate
President, Senator Bukola Saraki, the law must take its course.
Evidence from the Five (5)
suspects now in Court are enough to prosecute the Senate President, Senator
Bukola Saraki
The attention of the Nigeria
Police Force has been drawn to the innuendo in the media on the death of a
sectional gang leader Michael Adikwu ‘M’ 30Yrs (A Dismissed Police Man and an
Ex- Convict) who confessed to have killed Twenty Two (22) persons including
pregnant women and Nine (9) Police personnel and carted away of Twenty Two (22)
AK 47 Rifles at the Offa Police Divisional Headquarters during Offa Bank
Robbery on the 5th April, 2018, it is therefore, imperative that the Nigeria
Police Force respond to the publication and set the record straight.
2. The Nigeria Police Force is
conversant and mindful of contempt of Court in commenting on cases already
before the Court of competent jurisdiction, however, the Force is constraint
and compelled to respond to the statement from Mr. Yusuf Olaniyonu, Special
Adviser (Media and Publicity) to the Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki
and not on the Court processes and proceedings on the case of Offa Bank Robbery
for which Five (5) principal suspects are now standing trial in a State High
court in Ilorin, Kwara State.
3. For avoidance of doubt, and to
correct the insinuations and wrong impressions created by the statement from
Mr. Yusuf Olaniyonu, Special Adviser (Media and Publicity) to the Senate
President, Senator Bukola Saraki in the minds of members of the public over the
indictment and involvement of the Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki in
the case of the Offa Bank Robbery of 5th April, 2018, from the confessions of
the Five (5) gang leaders namely; Ayoade Akinnibosun, Ibukunle Ogunleye, Adeola
Abraham, Salawudeen Azeez, Niyi Ogundiran arrested for direct involvement and
active participation in the Offa Bank Robbery and the gruesome killing of
THIRTY THREE (33) innocent persons, the Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki
was indicted by the Five (5) suspects who admitted in their confessional
statements to the Police investigators 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. 4. 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” they also admitted and
confessed to have been sponsored with firearms, money and operational vehicles.
i. Lexus RX 300 Jeep with Reg.
KWARA, KWA 143 RM with inscription SARAKI on a sticker attached to the vehicle
ii. Mercedes Benz Compressor Reg.
LAGOS, LT 496 KJA, these two (2) Vehicles were used for the Offa Bank Robbery
by the Five (5) gang Leaders. The first vehicle was later registered after the
Offa Bank Robbery to divert attention while the suspects were in detention.
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 in the whole matter.
7. It was also discovered during
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. Further investigation into the
matter revealed 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 a picture of one of
the five (5) gang leaders when paraded by the Police 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 in Abuja.
9. Consequent on all the above, a
thorough and discreet investigation was concluded by the Police into the matter
and all the Five (5) gang leaders namely; Ayoade Akinnibosun, Ibukunle
Ogunleye, Adeola Abraham, Salawudeen Azeez, Niyi Ogundiran arrested for direct
involvement and active participation in the Offa Bank Robbery that indicted and
implicated Senator Bukola Saraki, Senate President Federal Republic of Nigeria
in the Offa Bank Robbery are alive and now in Court.
10. Michael Adikwu ‘M’ 30Yrs (A
Dismissed Police Man and an Ex- Convict) who confessed to have killed Twenty
Two (22) persons including pregnant women and Nine (9) Police personnel and
carted away of Twenty Two (22) AK 47 Rifles at the Offa Police Divisional
Headquarters during Offa Bank Robbery on the 5th April, 2018 was among the
Three (3) gang leaders captured on CCTV footage and later arrested. Michael
Adikwu ‘M’ 30Yrs was not paraded along with the Five (5) gang leaders now
standing trial because he was taken out to arrest other members of the gang and
recover the Twenty Two (22) AK 47 Rifles carted away during the Offa Bank
Robbery.
11. Michael Adikwu ‘M’ 30Yrs was
not murdered but slummed and died in detention while investigation into the
Offa Bank Robbery was ongoing. It is also important for the public to know that
the deceased Michael Adikwu ‘M’ 30Yrs was not among the Five (5) gang leaders
that indicted and implicated the senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki,
therefore, his death cannot in anyway vindicate Senator Bukola Saraki. There is
a post-mortem examination result in respect of the death of Michael Adikwu ‘M’
30Yrs.
12. The indictment of the Senate
President, Senator Bukola Saraki from the confessions of the Five (5) gang
leaders namely; Ayoade Akinnibosun, Ibukunle Ogunleye, Adeola Abraham,
Salawudeen Azeez, Niyi Ogundiran arrested for direct involvement and active
participation in the Offa Bank Robbery was not politically motivated as alleged
by Mr. Yusuf Olaniyonu, Special Adviser (Media and Publicity) to the Senate
President, Senator Bukola Saraki to the media, but purely criminal case.
13. It should be of serious
concern to all, that human life is sacrosanct and where investigation has been
concluded and suspects arraigned in Court, judicial process must be exhausted
and not hindered for the law to take its course in ensuring justice for the
families of more than Thirty Three (33) innocent persons including pregnant
women that were gruesomely murdered in cold blood by Michael Adikwu and the
Five (5) gang leaders Ayoade Akinnibosun, Ibukunle Ogunleye, Adeola Abraham,
Salawudeen Azeez, Niyi Ogundiran arrested, investigated and currently standing
trial for direct involvement and active participation in the Offa Bank Robbery,
than for any individual(s) or any group to attempt futile efforts and desperate
distractions to pervert the end of justice is most unfair to the families of
the deceased, the State and the society at large.
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