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Olubukola Abubakar Saraki

Two-term Governor of Kwara State (2003-2011); 8th President of the Senate (2015-2019).

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Olubukola Abubakar Saraki

Two-term Governor of Kwara State (2003-2011); 8th President of the Senate (2015-2019).

1000reasons.voteSupreme Court of Nigeria ruling (July 2018)

What happened

Two-term Governor of Kwara State (2003-2011); 8th President of the Senate (2015-2019). Subject of the high-profile Code of Conduct Tribunal asset-declaration case (2015-2018) — discharged and acquitted by the Supreme Court in July 2018. The EFCC opened investigations into a separate Kwara-treasury diversion allegation (N12B alleged 2005–2009) that have not produced charges. The 2002-2006 Société Générale Bank of Nigeria failure (his family-controlled bank) led to depositor losses and CBN-led litigation; Saraki has denied wrongdoing. Saraki's name also appears in the 2016 Panama Papers and 2017 Paradise Papers leak series (see `panama_papers`); per this archive's policy that disclosure is contextual, not in itself an allegation of corruption. Status: dismissed (CCT case discharged). Multiple subsequent investigation files are publicly documented but no further charges to date.

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