More suspects who were connected with the April 5 Offa bank robberies during which nine policemen and 33 persons were killed, have been arrested by the operatives of the Intelligence Response Team led by a Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari.
According to Punch Metro, the additional suspects were apprehended in Kwara, Oyo and Kogi states and were assisting the police to track down other accomplices.
While speaking to a correpondent, a source who declined to give the number of the suspects, explained that two AK 47 rifles were also recovered from them.
The source said, “The fresh suspects belonged to the Michael Adikwu’s gang, the dismissed policeman and an ex-convict. He actually led our men to the hideout of the men where they were arrested.”
It was gathered that the fresh suspects would soon be brought to Abuja and paraded before the media.
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