Offa Robbery: Court Refuses To Grant Request For Post Mortem Of Suspect’s Body
Justice Salman of the state High Court, Ilorin, has refused the request to exhume the body of the principal suspect in the April 5, 2018 Offa robbery, Michael Adikwu , for post-mortem. VOUCHER ENTERTAINMENT recalls that the suspect had allegedly died in police custody while investigation was still on-going on the case. The accused, Ayoade Akinnibosun (first accused person), Ibikunle Ogunleye (the second accused person), Adeola Abraham ( third accused person), Salaudeen Azeez ( fourth accused person) and Niyi Ogundiran (fifth accused person) were in court. T he first, second and third accused persons had at the last adjourned date accused the police of shooting them in the legs to instill fear in them before extracting a statement from them, Naija News reports. They alleged that the police shot dead Adikwu while in their custody, contrary to the police’s claim that he died of an ailment in hospital. A...