bank robbery
4 Oct
Barely a day after the Offa Descendants Union (O.D.U.) in Offa Local Government of Kwara State expressed dissatisfaction with the police investigation and the subsequent prosecution of five culprits implicated in the infamous Offa bank robbery in 2018, in which 33 people, including nine policemen and pregnant women, were killed, a group called Offa Ko'ya-Offa…
15 Jun
The quick intervention of joint forces of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police and Guards Brigade operatives have led to the foiling of a bank robbery on a first generation bank in Abaji town, an outskirt of Abuja.
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