JUDGE ‘RELUCTANTLY’ ADJOURNS TRIAL OF OFFA ROBBERY SUSPECTS
The State High Court sitting in Ilorin has
adjourned the trial of five suspects accused of some robbing banks and killing
several people in Offa last year.
Justice Halimah Salman reluctantly adjourned
the case on Friday after the new prosecutor pleaded with the court to give him
more time to properly study the case.
Professor Wahab Egbewole told the court that
he was ready to present four police officers as witnesses, but he was informed
of the case yesterday.
Although Justice Salman thereafter adjourned
the case till January 25, she stated that she was doing so reluctantly.
She, therefore, warned the prosecutor to be
serious about the case.
The suspects were alleged to be among the
armed men who stormed the town in Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State in
April 2018 and robbed some banks.
Justice Salman had adjourned the case on
Monday last week due to the absence of witnesses and exhibits by the police to
prosecute the case.
The Director of Public Prosecution, Mr Jimoh
Mumini, had informed the court that all the witnesses in the case were policemen
who investigated the incident.
“No witness was taken from Offa where the
robbery took place and none from Kwara State,” Mumini had told the trial judge.
In her ruling, the trial judge vacated the
order of definite hearing earlier given on November 13, 2018, and adjourned
till January 18.
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