Offa bank robbery: Kwara govt drops 18 charges against Saraki, Ahmed

… add two new charges
By Demola Akinyemi Ilorin
In a dramatic twist, the Kwara State Government has filed an amendment to its initial 20-count charge against its two former governors, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki and Alhaji Abdulfatai Ahmed, over the 2018 Offa bank robbery case by dropping 18 of the original charges while retaining only two and adding two new charges.
In the amended charge sheet with Charge Number KWS/114C/2026 signed by the State Attorney General, Senior Ibrahim Sulyman (SAN), sighted by journalists in Ilorin, the government by implication has now reduced the total number of charges to four.
In the new charge sheet, Counts 1 and 2 accused Saraki, Ahmed, Yusuf Abdulw...