Offa robbery: Court rejects post-mortem analysis on principal suspect’s corpse
But the court however granted the prayer of the defence asking for an independent examination of the alleged gunshot injuries sustained by the first, second and third accused persons in the case.Earlier, the 5th accused person narrated in the court how the police extracted his confessional statement from him under duress.
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