The suspected gang leader in the Offa Bank Robbery, Ayoade Akinnibosun aka Haywhy, has exonerated Senate President Bukola Saraki and Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed from blame in the infamous attack.

In an interaction with journalists over the weekend, Akinnibosun said that “the devil”, not Saraki or Ahmed, sent his dare-devil gang on the inglorious mission.

The police had over the weekend invited Saraki for questioning over alleged confessional statements made by Akinnibosun and other arrested suspects involved in the robbery incident, including Ibukunle Ogunleye, Adeola Abraham, Salawudeen Azeez, Niyi Ogundiran, and 17 others.

Akinnibosun, who claimed to be a political thug of Saraki and Ahmed, stated that the Kwara political heavyweights knew nothing about the robbery incident.

Asked why he could not approach Saraki for funds since he claimed to have access instead of robbery, the suspected gang leader said,  “It is devil that pushed us”.

Read transcript below

Journalists: Can we meet you ?

Suspected Gang leader: My name is Ayodele Akinnibosun aka (Haywhy), I am the chairman of Liberation Youths movement Kwara South, I work for Senate president and Governor Ahmed as political mobilising youth and we have been working for long time since he was Governor of Kwara.

Journalists: Be specific. What exactly do you do for Saraki, what type of works ?

Suspected gang leader: We mobilise and do political arrangement for him in kwara south

Journalists: Describe the work you do; what the police PRO said has to do with robbery and that is weighty, you are talking politics and that is light. What do u do for Senate’s President?

Suspected Gang leader: Where we can’t win, we make arrangement there, we scatter elections if we don’t win

Journalists: What is the connection between the robbery and the Senate’s President

Suspected Gang leader: The connection is that for example , this car was given to me by His Excellency through the Chief of Staff of Kwara state as a gift from leader

Journalist : Who’s His Excellency?

Suspected Gang leader: Governor AbdulFatai Ahmed

Journalists: Please what has offa robbery got to do with your story , do you participated in offa robbery?

Suspected Gang leader: Yes I participated in the Offa robbery , I used this Lexus car given to me for the operations in offa robbery

Journalists: In rowdy session……., what was the plan ? They gave u a car for political mobilisation or thuggery issue but you move it into robbery , we want to know the link , u are telling us a different thing , did the Senate president or governor send u to be killing or stealing from Kwara people ,simple and straightforward, that’s what we want to know ?

Suspected Gang leader: The Senate president and Governor of Kwara state , we have been their political thugs , that’s what encouraged us to the robbery

Journalists: So this robbery, how did you get your weapons, my friend? How did you get weapon? Tell us

Suspected Gang leader: It was through this ….ehehn…. one ex , retired police officer,Micheal , …. dismissed police officer Michael Adikwu, he was the one that comes with ammunition

Journalists: Please is this said governor or Saraki aware of the robbery that you did? Are they aware of the robbery. Did they send you the robbery operation?

Suspected Gang leader: No! They did not send us for the robbery but because we are their political thugs, that’s what led us to the robbery

Journalists: You have access to governor and Senate president, there’s nothing you need that they won’t give you , why did you have to engage in robbery with all these opportunity?

Suspected Gang leader: It is devil that pushed us.