Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has described the drop of 18 armed robbery-related charges against him and former Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed in connection with the 2018 Offa bank robbery as an admission of false claims by the Kwara State government.

In a statement signed by Yusuph Olaniyonu of the Abubakar Bukola Saraki Media Office in Abuja, he accused the Kwara State Government of abusing the judicial process, insisting that the amended charges would also fail in court.

According to the statement, the state government had dropped 18 of the 20 counts in the original charge sheet, including allegations of armed robbery, causing the deaths of police officers and illegal possession of firearms.

Recall that following the violent bank robbery attack, the police invited former Senate President Bukola Saraki for questioning after some of the arrested suspects allegedly implicated him. Saraki denied any connection with the robbery, describing the allegations as an attempt to implicate him.

However, the allegations against Saraki resurfaced in April 2026 when the Kwara State Government filed a fresh 20-count charge against him, former Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed and two former aides, Yusuf Abdulwahab and Alabi Olalekan, over their alleged involvement in the robbery.

The media office noted that the government retained two charges, which alleged that Saraki and Ahmed conspired to belong to a gang of thieves and actually belonged to such a gang, as well as allegations relating...

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