Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has called for an investigation into
the mysterious death of Michael Adikwu, the principal suspect in the
deadly bank robbery attacks that took place in Offa, Kwara State, on
April 5th.Recall that the Kwara state Attorney General on Wednesday told
an Ilorin High Court that the police informed his office that the
principal suspect died in their custody. Read here.Also recall that the
suspects had implicated Saraki and the state governor Ahmed Abdulfatai.
The suspects had in June alleged that they were political thugs of the
senate president and had converted the weapons he gave to them for
robbery operations.Saraki in a statement signed by his Special Adviser
on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, urged the Presidency to
institute a judicial inquiry into how and when the principal suspect
died in police custody.He stated that the inquiry would help to
thoroughly examine and interrogate how the investigation into the
robbery incident was conducted by the Police and whether the
investigation followed the normal process and comply with global best
practices.Saraki added that the Police needed to confirm why it took
them so long to make the disclosure about the death of the principal
suspect after they categorically denied it at the time he (Saraki)
disclosed the information and it was reported in the media.“Following
eventual disclosure by the Police that Michael Adikwu, the principal
suspect in the deadly bank robbery attacks in Offa, Kwara State, on
April 5, 2018, is dead, the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola
Saraki, has called on the Presidency to institute a judicial inquiry
into the ‘how and when’ the suspect died.”Saraki saidThe statement
continues“It should be recalled that when we mentioned it that the
principal suspect had been murdered and that investigation into the Offa
robbery attack was politically motivated and targeted at implicating me
and other individuals, the Police Public Relations Officer, Moshood
Jimoh said: ‘Michael Adikwu is in Police custody.“You know that he is
the one that led the killing of 22 people. The firearms that were carted
away, he is helping the police in the investigation to recover them.
There is a state in the South-west where they kept him. I can’t mention
the state. It is in one of the South-west states’.“The fresh facts have
now thrown more light into why there had been inconsistencies in the
various statements by the police. The Police initially told the
Attorney-General of Kwara State that the principal suspect was alive and
they only later reluctantly disclosed that he died in the course of the
arrest.“How can a suspect confirmed to be in custody now be said to
have died in the course of arrest? This contradiction shows a deliberate
attempt to cover up something,” he said.The post Saraki demands investigation into death of Offa bank robbery principal suspect, Micahel Adikwu.Saraki demands investigation into death of Offa bank robbery principal suspect, Micahel Adikwu
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has called for an investigation into
the mysterious death of Michael Adikwu, the principal suspect in the
deadly bank robbery attacks that took place in Offa, Kwara State, on
April 5th.Recall that the Kwara state Attorney General on Wednesday told
an Ilorin High Court that the police informed his office that the
principal suspect died in their custody. Read here.Also recall that the
suspects had implicated Saraki and the state governor Ahmed Abdulfatai.
The suspects had in June alleged that they were political thugs of the
senate president and had converted the weapons he gave to them for
robbery operations.Saraki in a statement signed by his Special Adviser
on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, urged the Presidency to
institute a judicial inquiry into how and when the principal suspect
died in police custody.He stated that the inquiry would help to
thoroughly examine and interrogate how the investigation into the
robbery incident was conducted by the Police and whether the
investigation followed the normal process and comply with global best
practices.Saraki added that the Police needed to confirm why it took
them so long to make the disclosure about the death of the principal
suspect after they categorically denied it at the time he (Saraki)
disclosed the information and it was reported in the media.“Following
eventual disclosure by the Police that Michael Adikwu, the principal
suspect in the deadly bank robbery attacks in Offa, Kwara State, on
April 5, 2018, is dead, the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola
Saraki, has called on the Presidency to institute a judicial inquiry
into the ‘how and when’ the suspect died.”Saraki saidThe statement
continues“It should be recalled that when we mentioned it that the
principal suspect had been murdered and that investigation into the Offa
robbery attack was politically motivated and targeted at implicating me
and other individuals, the Police Public Relations Officer, Moshood
Jimoh said: ‘Michael Adikwu is in Police custody.“You know that he is
the one that led the killing of 22 people. The firearms that were carted
away, he is helping the police in the investigation to recover them.
There is a state in the South-west where they kept him. I can’t mention
the state. It is in one of the South-west states’.“The fresh facts have
now thrown more light into why there had been inconsistencies in the
various statements by the police. The Police initially told the
Attorney-General of Kwara State that the principal suspect was alive and
they only later reluctantly disclosed that he died in the course of the
arrest.“How can a suspect confirmed to be in custody now be said to
have died in the course of arrest? This contradiction shows a deliberate
attempt to cover up something,” he said.The post Saraki demands investigation into death of Offa bank robbery principal suspect, Micahel Adikwu.
