The Kwara State Government has charged former Senate President Bukola Saraki, former Governor Abdulfatai Ahmed and others to court for culpable homicide over the Offa robbery; possible death penalty upon conviction.
The government officially filed a 20-count charge against the defendants over their alleged arming of top suspects convicted in the tragic Offa armed robbery incident of April 2018.
Those charged alongside Saraki and Ahmed included Ahmed’s Chief of Staff, Yusuf Abdulwahab, and another aide, Alabi Olalekan.
If convicted, the two former governors of the state and other defendants could be handed the maximum death sentence.
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 of Saraki’s political dynasty.
The charge dated April 9, 2026, was filed by Attorney-General of Kwara State, Ibrahim Sulyman, and would be served on the defendants on Friday, April 17, 2026.
Saraki and the other defendants were specifically charged with culpable homicide and criminal conspiracy, among others, and would be arraigned before Hon. Justice Haleemah Salman of the Kwara State High Court in Ilorin, on June 4.
It would be recalled that vehicles and some exhibits traceable to the crime scenes were recovered from the Kwara State Government House and a government ministry in 2018, and the same were used as exhibits, 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 Saraki’s child. Akinnibosun and his gang members also escorted Saraki to Offa on a condolence visit following the same bank robbery.