Why Kwara Govt Took Decision To Revisit 2018 Offa Robbery Case, File Charges Against Saraki, Ahmed, Others
Kwara State Government has officially filed a 20-count charge against former Senate President, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki and former governor Abdulfatah Ahmed accusing them of arming top suspects who were involved in the tragic Offa armed robbery incident of April 2018 and are currently on death row.
The other suspects are former governor Ahmed’s Chief of Staff, Mr Yusuf Abdulwahab and another aide, Mr Alabi Olalekan.
The lawsuit with docket number KWS/114C/26 comes after the Court of Appeal upheld the conviction of the suspects, including Ayo Akinnibosun, who had confessed during trial to being a hit man for the Saraki political dynasty.
Saraki and others are to face a 20-count charge of culpable homicide and criminal conspiracy, among others. They will be brought before Justice Haleemah Salman of the Kwara State High Court of Justice, Ilorin.
It will be recalled that vehicles and some case properties linked to the crime scenes were recovered from the Kwara State Government House and a Government Ministry in 2018 and the same were used as evidence leading to the conviction of the suspects.
Although Saraki had denied knowing Akinnibosun, the two had been seen together in photographs taken during the wedding of the former Senate President’s son while Akinnibosun and his gang members also escorted Saraki to Offa during his condolence visit to the town after the Bank robbery incident.
‘The two Ak47 rifles in my possession were given to me by the Chief of Staff to the Governor of Kwara State, Hon. Yusuf Abdulwahab (third defendant) two days before the congress election’ according to his proof of evidence already filed before the court.
‘I head a group of political thugs working for Senator Bukola Saraki and the Governor of Kwara State Fatai Ahmed. He usually gives me money to share to my boys and recently he gave me a Toyota Lexus 300 Jeep with the name of Senator Saraki as number plate. The last money he gave me was N500,000.
I also know some of the other political thugs who are in Kwara Central with guns and who are sponsored by Senator Bukola Saraki, namely Alhaji Alawo, Alhaji Dona, and Alhaji Jawondo. All the above mentioned political thugs are also armed with rifles. I know about this because we are all working for the Senate President’.
Akinnibosun said he was called to join Saraki for the condolence visit to Offa after the robbery incident by one Samson Bada.
‘I then drove my Lexus Jeep and left to pick Arrow and Adex-Adeola so that we can leave together’ he added.
In his proof of evidence before the court, Yusuf Abdulwahab, the then Chief of Staff, admitted to giving Akinnibosun the Lexus Jeep as well as other groups.
He also said Akinnibosun and his group members visited Government House occasionally to discuss their empowerment and that the vehicle gift was at the instance of the then government-Team@orientactualmags.com Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08035023079, 08059100286, 09094171980 or get in touch via orientactualmag@gmail.com. Thank you
