The Kwara State Government has taken former Senate President Bukola Saraki, former Governor Abdulfatai Ahmed, and others to court for culpable homicide in connection with the Offa robbery. If they are found guilty, they could face the death penalty.
The government officially charged the defendants with 20 counts of giving weapons to top suspects in the tragic Offa armed robbery that happened in April 2018.
Ahmed’s Chief of Staff, Yusuf Abdulwahab, and another aide, Alabi Olalekan, were also charged along with Saraki and Ahmed.
If found guilty, the two former governors of the state and other defendants could get the death penalty.
The long-awaited trial with charge No: kWS/114C/26 came after the Court of Appeal upheld the conviction of the suspects, including Ayo Akinnibosun, who had confessed during the trial to being a hit man for Saraki’s political dynasty.
Attorney-General of Kwara State Ibrahim Sulyman filed the charge on April 9, 2026. The defendants would get the charge on Friday, April 17, 2026.
Saraki and the other defendants were charged with culpable homicide and criminal conspiracy, among other things. They would appear in front of Hon. Justice Haleemah Salman of the Kwara State High Court in Ilorin on June 4.
In 2018, the Kwara State Government House and a government ministry were searched for vehicles and other items that could be linked to the crime scenes. These items were then used as evidence in the trial, which led to the suspects’ convictions.
Saraki had said he didn’t know Akinnibosun, but they had been seen together in pictures taken at Saraki’s child’s wedding. After the same bank robbery, Akinnibosun and his gang members also took Saraki to Offa to pay their respects.
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