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UPDATED: Court Delivers Judgement On 2018 Offa Robbery Case

Justice Haleemah Salman of the Kwara State High Court has found the five suspects involved in the Offa robbery incidents guilty of illegal possession of firearms, armed robbery, and culpable homicide.

According to the judge, the offences are punishable by death.

The incident happened in April 2018.

Delivering the judgement which lasted three and half hours, the judge said all evidence submitted by the prosecuting team found them guilty.

On the possession of firearms, the judgement pronounced judgement of three years in prison.

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Briefing journalists, the prosecution counsel said various reasons ranging from the COVID-19 period and national assignment given to the judge informed the long process and thanked the court for the judgement.

The representative of the defence counsel, however, said the judgement will be appealed soon.

Thursday’s judgement came six years after some robbers stormed Offa in Kwara State, robbing at least five commercial banks in the community.

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Over 30 persons including policemen were killed in the robbery.

An undisclosed amount of money was also carted away from the banks.

The heist took the nation by storm and made headlines for months.

 

 

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