Bukola Saraki Slams Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq: ‘You’ve Dragged Kwara To The Gutter’

Former Senate President Dr Bukola Saraki has fired back at Kwara State Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq over fresh criminal charges linking him to the 2018 Offa armed robbery. In a statement released on Friday, Saraki described the move as a “frivolous” attempt to embarrass him and abuse court processes. He insisted he had no direct or indirect connection to the robbery or any criminal matter.

Saraki reminded the public that the police investigation under the Buhari administration produced two legal advices from the Director of Public Prosecutions in 2018. Those documents, dated June 22 and August 23, stated there was no evidence establishing any nexus between him and the offence. The Kwara government later charged four other suspects who were convicted, with the matter now pending at the Supreme Court.

The former Senate President claimed the governor revived the old case only after his recent Channels Television interview criticising the state’s worsening insecurity. Saraki said Abdulrazaq’s team circulated documents as paid adverts in national newspapers while deliberately hiding the DPP reports that cleared him. He called it a calculated effort to mislead the media and the public.

NaijaChoice News reports that Saraki accused the governor of trying to induce families of Offa victims to file civil suits against him and his predecessor, a move that failed when the families withdrew. He described the entire action as “dirty politics taken too far and too low” aimed at harassing political opponents.

The former Senate President did not mince words on the damage to the state’s image. “A sitting governor who is accusing his two immediate predecessors of armed robbery is only making a mockery of the institution,” Saraki said. “He is only taking the governorship of our dear state to the gutter.”

Kwara has recorded alarming security failures in recent times. Over 400 lives have been lost to banditry between January 2025 and March 2026, with more than 100 others kidnapped in what many describe as the worst wave of violence since the state’s creation. Saraki argued that a governor facing such crisis should focus on arresting bandits rather than chasing old political scores.

He painted the charges as the act of a desperate politician losing control within his party and sensing his time in office is running out. Saraki urged Nigerians to consider the quality of leadership they elect, noting that governance challenges require serious attention beyond personal vendettas.

Despite the attack on his reputation, Saraki said he remains confident in the judiciary. His legal team has been fully briefed and he believes the case will collapse like a pack of cards once the facts are presented in court. He called on the governor to stop using immunity to launch vicious attacks that achieve nothing for the people of Kwara.