The Kwara State Government has filed fresh charges in the Ilorin High Court against former Senate President Abubakar Bukola Saraki and former governor Abdulfatah Ahmed over the 2018 Offa robbery incident. The development follows renewed scrutiny of the role of top state officials in the aftermath of the attack, during which 37 people were killed. The Director of Public Prosecutions of the Federation, E. U. (Etsu Umar), had previously declined to prosecute Saraki and Ahmed, citing insufficient evidence. The federal DPP's decision was based on a review of findings from the Department of State Services and the Nigeria Police Force, which failed to establish a direct link between the former officials and the armed robbery. The state government's new charges indicate a divergence between state and federal prosecutorial assessments. The case will proceed in the Ilorin High Court, with no trial date yet set.
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