OFFA ROBBERIES: ADIKWU’S DEATH TO BE INVESTIGATED BY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MEMBERS

November 23, 2018

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The situations that surrounds the death of the prime suspect in the bank robberies and killings in Offa, Kwara State, Michael Adikwu in police custody has been planned to be investigated by members of the House of Representatives.
Mr Zakari Mohammed moved the motion at the plenary on Thursday.
The lower chamber of the National Assembly suspected that the Police have been influencing criminal cases and also accused the security outfit of extrajudicial killings and human rights abuses.
The House therefore, instructed the Committee on Police Affairs, Human Rights and Justice to “carry out an investigative hearing into the facts surrounding the time and circumstances of the death of the suspect and report back in four weeks”.
The committee was also ordered to “uncover the issues and questions as to when the suspect died, how he died, why the police denied the facts of his death, at what point the police are covering up the facts, unravel issues of human rights abuses, extrajudicial killings, and manipulation of criminal investigations by the police”.