Police Capture Two Principal Suspects of Offa Armed Robbery •Two gang leaders still at large, 22 suspects arrested so far

The Nigerian Police have captured two out of four gang leaders and principal suspects of the deadly robbery incident at a bank in Offa, Kwara State.

 The Force Public Relations Officer (PRO), ACP Moshood Jimoh, in  a statement on Monday said investigation into the robbery attack on April 5,  2018, is still ongoing with significant progress and successes being recorded by the day.

According to him, "Two out of the four gang leaders and principal suspects who were declared wanted and their pictures circulated to the media and the public on May 4, 2018, in connection with the Offa bank robbery have been arrested by the joint police investigation team and are now in police custody.

"These two vicious and notorious suspects now in police net, confessed to being the gang-leaders of their groups.”

He said one of the principal suspects, Kunle Ogunleye aka Arrow, 35,  a native of Kwara State, was arrested on May 20, 2018, in Oro town in the state. The police spokesman noted that Ogunleye's pictures were one of those displayed while he was participating in the bank robbery and after he was arrested.

Jimoh also disclosed the second suspect as Mr. Micheal Adikwu, a native of Apa in Benue State. He said the captured gang leader was a dismissed policeman "who was arrested, tried and dismissed from the force and charged to court by the police in 2012 in Kwara State for criminal conspiracy and aiding the escape from lawful custody of armed robbery suspects."

According to Jimoh, Adikwu served three years in prison and subsequently found his way out in 2015.

"He became a vicious and notorious gang leader of armed robbery syndicate wanted for several armed robberies in Kwara and other states in North Central and Southwest. He was arrested by the joint police investigation team in Kwara State two weeks ago," Jimoh stated.

The Force PRO stressed that the arrest of these two gang leaders had brought to 22 suspects arrested so far in connection with the Offa banks robbery.

He said the two suspects had confessed to the crime and admitted to the various criminal roles they played in the Offa banks robbery.

Jimoh said they would be charged to court on completion of investigation.

He also noted that the Nigeria Police Force is deeply appreciative of "members of the public for the timely information leading to the arrest of most of the 22 suspects now in police custody."

He, however, urged "members of the public who have any further information about other wanted suspects still at large should feel free to contact the police.