Crime & Court

Offa bank robbery: Court sentences suspects to death

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

The judge stated that these offenses are punishable by death.

Recall that the six-year trial of six suspects in the April 5, 2018, Offa robbery case, in which over 30 people were killed in the community.

Details later…

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