Nationnewslead reports that The chief security officer of a bank in Offa, Kwara State, which was robbed on April 5, 2018, yesterday told a High Court in Ilorin, the state capital, how the bank was attacked.
The witness appeared in a mask and his name was not given while testifying in court to hide his identify.
The court had ruled in favour of an application by prosecution counsel Rotimi Jacobs (SAN) to allow the prosecution witness PW8 give evidence while masked despite opposition from defence counsel Matthias Emeribe.
All the suspects standing trial Ayoade Akinnibosun, Ibikunle Ogunleye, Adeola Abraham, Azeez Salawu and Niyi Ogundiran were present in the court.
Code-named AA, the prosecution witness said he was the chief security officer in the bank on the day of the robbery.
“Around 4:45pm, I was inside the banking hall when I heard gunshots and I went to the doors to check. When the gunshots became intense, I and a woman with her child had to take cover inside a small place within the banking hall. At that time most staff had left except three senior staff and security guards. The robbers opened fire on the door of the place where we were hiding.
“Some pieces of bullets hit my hands as they fired at the door but they couldn’t gain entrance because I had bolted the door from behind. Later my colleagues told me that a mobile police officer, Sergeant Isa Monday, and the driver of a clergyman, had been killed. So many phones, including my power bank, were stolen by the robbers. I was also told that the robbers forced some people to use their ATM cards to withdraw money, which they took away.
“There were five policemen on duty including Isa Monday that was killed. I didn’t see the face of any of the armed robbers,” he said. Trial judge, Justice Haleema Salman adjourned the case to April 22, 2021.
Advertise or Publish a Story on Nationnewslead: Kindly contact us @ Nationnewslead@gmail.com Call or Whatsapp: 08168544205, 07055577376
