Some police officers allegedly collected the sum of
N400,000 from the armed robbers that attacked some banks in Offa
town, Kwara State.
Vanguard reports that the presence of the suspected armed
robbers was made known to the police by the proprietor of Xontec
Hotel on Igosun Road in Offa, Kadir Surajudeen.
Reports said Surajudeen called the Divisional Police Officer of
Owode Police Station to report the presence of the suspected
criminals that had lodged in the hotel.
The report was prompted by the discovery of some incriminating
materials that were found on the robbers while they were checking
into the hotel.
A source said when the DPO and Divisional Crime Officer sent
officers to the hotel to assess the situation, the suspects
negotiated a deal and offered them the sum of N400,000.
The officers reportedly returned to the station and lied that
the suspects were internet fraudsters, popularly known as Yahoo
boys, and not robbers as was reported.
The source said, “It was not surprising that the robbers visited
the police station the following day and killed about nine
policemen in retaliation for collecting N400,000 from them.”
The spokesperson of the the Kwara State Police Command, Ajayi
Okasanmi, denied the allegation and questioned why Surajudeen
didn’t deny the robbers lodging.
He said, “If the hotelier actually gave the Police information
about the suspects in his hotel, why didn’t he deny them lodging?
To me, it is an afterthought.”
Meanwhile, the owner of the hotel, Surajudeen, four members of
his staff and four guests who stayed in the hotel at the time the
robbers allegedly lodged in were arraigned before a Magistrate’s
Court in Ilorin last week charged with two counts of criminal
conspiracy and causing disappearance of evidence, including giving
false information to screen an offender.
The hotel staff charged along with Surajudeen are the
accountant, receptionist, room keeper and clubhouse operator.
The accused, however, were unable to help investigators with
useful information.
The charge sheet read, “The hotel staff could not, however,
satisfactorily give account of questionable lodgers in their hotel
prior to the robbery by their failure to maintain or keep proper
official lodger register expected to be presented to the police and
other law enforcement agencies on demand.
“Others found in the hotel during the investigation failed to
give credible information to the police operatives to assist in the
investigation concerning their observation in the hotel within the
period in question.”
The Magistrate, M.B. Folorunso, granted the accused bail in the
sum of N200,000 each with two sureties each in like sum and
adjourned the case till May 3, 2018.
Some police officers allegedly collected the sum of
N400,000 from the armed robbers that attacked some banks in Offa
town, Kwara State.
Vanguard reports that the presence of the suspected armed
robbers was made known to the police by the proprietor of Xontec
Hotel on Igosun Road in Offa, Kadir Surajudeen.
Reports said Surajudeen called the Divisional Police Officer of
Owode Police Station to report the presence of the suspected
criminals that had lodged in the hotel.
The report was prompted by the discovery of some incriminating
materials that were found on the robbers while they were checking
into the hotel.
A source said when the DPO and Divisional Crime Officer sent
officers to the hotel to assess the situation, the suspects
negotiated a deal and offered them the sum of N400,000.
The officers reportedly returned to the station and lied that
the suspects were internet fraudsters, popularly known as Yahoo
boys, and not robbers as was reported.
The source said, “It was not surprising that the robbers visited
the police station the following day and killed about nine
policemen in retaliation for collecting N400,000 from them.”
The spokesperson of the the Kwara State Police Command, Ajayi
Okasanmi, denied the allegation and questioned why Surajudeen
didn’t deny the robbers lodging.
He said, “If the hotelier actually gave the Police information
about the suspects in his hotel, why didn’t he deny them lodging?
To me, it is an afterthought.”
Meanwhile, the owner of the hotel, Surajudeen, four members of
his staff and four guests who stayed in the hotel at the time the
robbers allegedly lodged in were arraigned before a Magistrate’s
Court in Ilorin last week charged with two counts of criminal
conspiracy and causing disappearance of evidence, including giving
false information to screen an offender.
The hotel staff charged along with Surajudeen are the
accountant, receptionist, room keeper and clubhouse operator.
The accused, however, were unable to help investigators with
useful information.
The charge sheet read, “The hotel staff could not, however,
satisfactorily give account of questionable lodgers in their hotel
prior to the robbery by their failure to maintain or keep proper
official lodger register expected to be presented to the police and
other law enforcement agencies on demand.
“Others found in the hotel during the investigation failed to
give credible information to the police operatives to assist in the
investigation concerning their observation in the hotel within the
period in question.”
The Magistrate, M.B. Folorunso, granted the accused bail in the
sum of N200,000 each with two sureties each in like sum and
adjourned the case till May 3, 2018.
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