Michael Adikwu, suspected mastermind of the April 5 Offa robbery attack in Kwara, is dead.
Kamaldeen Ajibade, the state commissioner of justice, made the disclosure during the arraignment of five suspects in connection with the incident before a Kwara high court.
Adikwu, a dismissed police corporal, had reportedly confessed to killing over 20 people during the attack which claimed 33 lives, including pregnant women and 12 police officers.
There were speculations that Adikwu was shot dead in the presence of other suspects in other to coerce confessions from them.
There were reports that he might be dead after his name was missing in the list of suspects when the police gave an update on the investigations.
Adikwu was also not among the paraded suspects.