Offa robbery: Saraki faults Kwara govt over amended charges

Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has criticised the Kwara State Government over its decision to amend the criminal charges filed against him and former Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed in connection with the 2018 Offa bank robbery.

Saraki described the development as an abuse of the judicial process, questioning the basis for the government’s decision to drop 18 of the original 20 counts and proceed with an amended four-count charge.

In a statement issued on Monday by his media aide, Yusuph Olaniyonu, the former Senate President accused the administration of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of pursuing the case for political reasons.

The Kwara State Government had, in an applic...