Former Senate President Bukola Saraki has accused the Kwara State Government of making false claims against him in connection with the 2018 Offa robbery incident, following its decision to drop 18 of the 20 charges initially filed against him and former Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed.
Saraki, through his media office, described the development as an admission that the allegations of armed robbery against the former governors lacked credible evidence.
In a statement signed by Yusuph Olaniyonu of the Abubakar Bukola Saraki Media Office in Abuja, the former Senate President said the state government had abandoned all 18 charges relating to armed robbery, causing the deaths of police officers and illegal possession of firearms.
The statement said the government had previously made unsuccessful attempts since April 2026 to arraign Saraki and Ahmed on the allegations.
“Both charges and 16 others with such ridiculous claims were dropped obviously because the government saw through the futility of the attempts to rope in Saraki and Ahmed and the fact that the charges lack any credible or factual basis,” the statement said.
It added that the government had retained only two charges from the original charge sheet, identified as counts 19 and 20.
According to the statement, the remaining allegations accused the former governors of conspiring to belong to “a gang of thieves” and actually belonging to such a gang, as well as “concealing/causing the disappearance” of a vehicle allegedly...

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