Shamaudeen Bada, former vice-chairman of Irepodun LGA,
Kwara, has told a high court in the state that suspects were tortured to
implicate Bukola Saraki, former senate president, in the Offa robbery incident.
The robbery, which took place on April 5, 2018, resulted in
33 fatalities, including pregnant women and 12 police officers.
Those standing trial are Ayoade Akinnibosun, Ibikunle
Ogunleye, Adeola Abraham, Salahudeen Azeez and Niyi Ogundiran.
Testifying as a witness during the court session on
Thursday, he said men of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) of the IGP led by
Abba Kyari, suspended deputy commissioner of police, tortured them to implicate
Saraki.
The witness said while in detention, the IRT operatives
promised them freedom if they claimed Saraki was their sponsor.
He said one of the suspects, Akinrinbosun, was shot in the
leg when he declined to indict Saraki.
“After he was shot, I became very nervous, depressed and my
health started deteriorating,” he narrated.
“DCP Abba Kyari
brought some nurses to treat me. Before I was eventually released, the police
officers gave me conditions before I was released that I must not grant any
press interview, I must not go to court, and I should quit politics.”
The witness also alleged that the police officers told him
that “you these Kwara boys, we will show you shege. We will take Kwara from
your leader, Saraki”.
While testifying during a trial-within-trial in 2019,
Akinrinbosun had also told the court that Kyari asked him and the other accused
persons to implicate Saraki.
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