2002Eventinferred
Olubukola Abubakar Saraki
Two-term Governor of Kwara State (2003-2011); 8th President of the Senate (2015-2019).
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2002
Olubukola Abubakar Saraki
Two-term Governor of Kwara State (2003-2011); 8th President of the Senate (2015-2019).
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.
Sources
- Supreme Court of Nigeria ruling (July 2018) · Supreme Court of Nigeria ruling (July 2018)
- Premium Times Nigeria — Saraki coverage · Premium Times Nigeria — Saraki coverage
- BBC News Africa — CCT trial coverage · BBC News Africa — CCT trial coverage
- The ICIR — Supreme Court clears Saraki of false asset declaration charges (June 2018) · The ICIR — Supreme Court clears Saraki of false asset declaration charges (June 2018)
- Vanguard — IN NUMBERS: Saraki in the eyes of the court (May 2019) · Vanguard — IN NUMBERS: Saraki in the eyes of the court (May 2019)
- SaharaReporters — Police Documents Reveal How Nigeria's Senate President Saraki Started As A Petty Thief At His Father's Bank In 1990 (June 2015) · SaharaReporters — Police Documents Reveal How Nigeria's Senate President Saraki Started As A Petty Thief At His Father's Bank In 1990 (June 2015)
- SaharaReporters — How Saraki, others Looted Societe Generale Bank of Nigeria — Over N1b Looted (July 2008) · SaharaReporters — How Saraki, others Looted Societe Generale Bank of Nigeria — Over N1b Looted (July 2008)
- TheCable — EFCC: How Saraki, aides laundered N3.5bn Paris Club loan refund (April 2017) · TheCable — EFCC: How Saraki, aides laundered N3.5bn Paris Club loan refund (April 2017)
- SaharaReporters — EFCC Probe Details How Senate President Saraki And His Aides Embezzled N3.5B From Paris Club Loan Refunds (March 2017) · SaharaReporters — EFCC Probe Details How Senate President Saraki And His Aides Embezzled N3.5B From Paris Club Loan Refunds (March 2017)
- SaharaReporters — Nigeria's Anti-graft Agency, EFCC Arrests Bukola Saraki Over Fraud Allegations (July 31, 2021) · SaharaReporters — Nigeria's Anti-graft Agency, EFCC Arrests Bukola Saraki Over Fraud Allegations (July 31, 2021)
- Pulse Nigeria — EFCC accuses Saraki of diverting N12bn from Kwara treasury to offset bank loans (August 2024) · Pulse Nigeria — EFCC accuses Saraki of diverting N12bn from Kwara treasury to offset bank loans (August 2024)
- SaharaReporters — Saraki's aide Makanjuola, two others re-arraigned over N3.5bn fraud (March 2019) · SaharaReporters — Saraki's aide Makanjuola, two others re-arraigned over N3.5bn fraud (March 2019)
- Vanguard — EFCC charges Saraki's aide Makanjuola, ex-bank MD Mbonu with alleged diversion of N3.5b (August 2018) · Vanguard — EFCC charges Saraki's aide Makanjuola, ex-bank MD Mbonu with alleged diversion of N3.5b (August 2018)
- THISDAYLIVE — Court strikes out suit against Saraki's aides over alleged N3.5bn Paris loan scam (November 2021) · THISDAYLIVE — Court strikes out suit against Saraki's aides over alleged N3.5bn Paris loan scam (November 2021)
- Wikipedia — Bukola Saraki · Wikipedia — Bukola Saraki
- Wikipedia — Danladi Umar · Wikipedia — Danladi Umar
- SaharaReporters — How to Rob a Family Bank – Bukola Saraki, The Billionaire Governor (June 2007) · SaharaReporters — How to Rob a Family Bank – Bukola Saraki, The Billionaire Governor (June 2007)
- Daily Trust — Faces And Story Behind Resurrection, Scrapping Of Heritage Bank · Daily Trust — Faces And Story Behind Resurrection, Scrapping Of Heritage Bank
- Pulse Nigeria — List of Failed Banks in Nigeria: 7 Nigerian Banks That Shut Down Over the Years · Pulse Nigeria — List of Failed Banks in Nigeria: 7 Nigerian Banks That Shut Down Over the Years