The Kwara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned recent statements by the Kwara South Senatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Saheed Popoola, regarding the 2018 Offa bank robbery, describing attempts to alter the narrative of the tragedy as insensitive to the memory of the 33 victims.

Addressing journalists at the party's state secretariat in Ilorin on Monday, the APC State Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Abdulwaheed Olawale Babatunde, stated that public comments by political figures cannot invalidate the judicial proceedings, evidence, and final court judgments delivered on the case.

Babatunde asserted that court records and evidence presented during the trial linked former Senate President Bukola Saraki and his political associates to the principal convicts, including items of evidence tendered by law enforcement agencies during prosecution.

He argued that Popoola's admission of fabricating claims for political leverage undermines his credibility, adding that Kwara residents remain aware of the security challenges experienced under previous administrations in the state.

Corroborating the spokesman's stance, the Kwara APC Deputy Chairman, Alhaji Abdullahi Samari, described the public commentary as careless and disregardful of the surviving family members of the victims.

Samari noted that the matter had been adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction and urged security agencies to examine the implications of making reckless statements concerning settled judicial matters.

The APC leadership expressed confidence that the people of Offa and Kwara South remain politically conscious and committed to supporting progressive governance in the state.