CITIZENS COMPASS–Five suspects who were involved in the Offa, Kwara State, robbery of April 5, 2018 are to die by hanging.
Justice Haleemah Salman of the Kwara State High Court yesterday found them guilty of illegal possession of firearms, armed robbery, and culpable homicide.
Justice Salman in about five hours of judgement she delivered in Ilorin on Thursday stated that these offences are punishable by death and therefore sentenced them to death by hanging.
The robbery incident during which the convicted armed robbers unleashed multiple gun attacks in the bank’s area and killed 99 persons including pregnant women and police officers.
