The Police have apprehended two suspected gang leaders who were declared wanted in connection with the April 2 multiple bank robberies in Offa, Kwara State.
This brings to 22 the number of suspects in Police custody.
A Police statement on the arrest said “following the publication of the pictures of the Offa banks’ robberies in the media, we have been getting several credible leads from the members of the public and as a result, the Intelligence Response Teams deployed by the IGP to Kwara, Ondo, Osun, Oyo and Ekiti states have been able to arrest two more gang leaders in the deadly bank robberies.”
It named the latest suspects as Kunle Ogunleye aka Arrow and Micheal Adikwu.
According to the statement released on PRNigeria, Ogunleye aka Arrow, 35yrs native of Kwara State, was arrested Sunday in Oro town in Kwara State while Adikwu, a native of Apa LGA Benue State and a dismissed police CPL who was arrested two weeks ago.
Adikwu was once arrested by the Police in 2012 and charged to Court in Kwara State for Compromising by releasing some wanted Armed Robbers. He had spent three years in prison and subsequently found his way out in 2015 and became a notorious armed robber.
The Force further urged the public to volunteer more information about the other suspects still at large, assuring that the safety and security of informants are guaranteed.
“Protection of the informant will be guaranteed by the Police and handsome rewards, in addition to the pledge of N5m by Kwara State Government await anyone whose information leads to the arrest of these wanted suspects,” it said.
