Justice HALEEMAH SALMAN of the Kwara State High Court has found the five suspects involved in the Offa robbery guilty of illegal possession of firearms, armed robbery, and culpable homicide.

Justice Salman in five hours of judgment she delivered in Ilorin stated that these offences are punishable by death and therefore sentenced them to death by hanging.

The robbery incident occurred on April 5, 2018 in Offa during which the convicted armed robbers unleashed multiple gun attacks in the bank’s area and killed Thirty-Nine persons including pregnant women and police officers.