Police Unmask Bloody Offa Bank Robbers, Declare Suspects Wanted

Segun Atanda/

In what appears like scenes from a Hollywood cowboy movie, CCTV images of the bandits who mowed down many civilians and policemen as they raided some banks in Offa, Kwara State, on April 5, have been released today.

Police spokesman, ACP Moshood Jimoh, released the images, with updates on police investigations, as he announced that the suspects captured by the CCTV have been declared wanted by the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Ibrahim Idris.

Here are more of the images of the bandits who turned Offa into a gangsters’ paradise on April 5, along with Jimoh’s press statement:

“The Nigeria Police Force is making significant progress in the investigation into the Offa Banks robbery in Kwara State that occurred on 5^th April, 2018. So far, more than Twenty (20) principal suspects have been arrested and their details were released to the public including the following exhibits that were recovered from them;

1. Two (2) Beretta Pistols
2. Twenty (20) Rounds of Live Ammunition

iii. Four (4) Phones and SIM cards belonging to victims, some of whom were killed during the attack

2. All the suspects are cooperating with the Police in the investigation into the incident. Currently, some of the other gang leaders and principal suspects at large are being identified and their pictures obtained for further investigation.

3. To this end, the photographs of these wanted suspects are now being released to the public for assistance from public spirited individuals and general public for information to arrest them. They are also being placed on INTERPOL Watch list and Red Alert. Other sister security and safety agencies are equally implored to arrest them and hand over to the nearest Police Station or Formation across the country or avail the Police with any information they may have or come across about these suspects.

4. Members of the general public who have any information about these wanted suspects should feel free to contact the Police through the following Phone numbers 08062080913, 08126285268,08032365122,07056792065,08088450152. Protection of the informant will be guaranteed by the Police and handsome rewards in addition to the pledge of Five Million (N5,000,000) by Kwara State Government await anyone whose information leads to the arrest of these wanted suspects.

5. While the Nigeria Police Force, once again commiserate with the Government and people of Kwara State, most particularly the people of Offa, the Force will leave no stone unturned in ensuring that all the perpetrators of the Offa Banks Robbery are arrested and prosecuted.”

ACP JIMOH MOSHOOD

FORCE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER

FORCE HEADQUARTERS

ABUJA