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There was drama on Friday at the Unity Road Branch of Guaranty Trust Bank in Ilorin as a suspected robber fell from the bank’s roof, throwing the banking hall into pandemonium in the process. It was gathered that the suspect was hiding in the roof of the bank while waiting for his accomplices to commence a robbery operation when he fell.

A security man attached to the bank told newsmen on condition of anonymity that the suspected robber must have been hiding in the roof overnight. He also said nobody knew how the suspect got into the roof of the bank as there was no sign of damage to any of the security doors in the bank.

The security man said the suspect was promptly apprehended by some customers inside the banking hall and later handed over to the police. The Police Public Relations officer, ASP Okasanmi Ajayi, confirmed the incident to NAN.

He said immediately the report reached the police command, the Commissioner of Police, Mr Esosa Amadasun, visited the bank. The police spokesman said nobody was injured in the incident while interrogation of the suspect had commenced.

When newsmen visited the bank, it was under lock while a security man was busy directing customers to the Taiwo Road branch of the bank. While chatting with newsmen, the police authorities hinted that the case would be charged to court without delay, while also adding that the police authorities would continue investigating to find out about other accomplices and bring them to book.

Meanwhile, The Commissioner of Police, Kwara State, yesterday equally paraded two suspects, among others, for dealing in human parts. The third person paraded was said to be an accomplice. Speaking at the Police Headquarters along Ahmadu Bello Way, Ilorin, the commissioner told newsmen that the two suspects were arrested with human head, leg and hand in Tabira village, Okuta in Baruten Local Government Area of the state.

The Police Chief said the suspects, Amos Kareem and Abubakar Ladan, were arrested following a tip-off, stressing that during investigation they confessed to the crime. One of the suspects, Abubakar Ladan, told newsmen that Amos Kareem promised to give him a motorcycle if he could find him human head, hand and leg.

He said his desire to own a motorcycle prompted him to go to a burial ground and cut off the human head, leg and hand that were displayed. Amos Kareem, when asked what he was doing with human parts, said some politicians used to buy the parts from him. The suspects, however, refused to disclose the identity of politicians who patronise them.

The police also paraded a man said to be an accomplice, having accommodated the suspects in Tabira village, claiming that he never knew that the suspects were involved in such atrocity. The police authorities made it known that investigations are on and they are also coaxing the arrested individuals to release to them the names of such politicians. The police also said the men would be charged to court and would be made to appear in court shortest time possible.