The Republic
Kwara State · Crises, Wars & Protests

Kwara State · Crisis deep dive

Buhari II (2015–2023)

  • 2015 — Bukola Saraki becomes Senate President (against APC leadership wishes).
  • 2018–19 — Saraki ICPC trials; June 2018 DSS siege on his Abuja residence.
  • 2019 — Otoge ("Enough is enough") movement sweeps the Saraki structure out of Kwara politics; AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq (APC) wins governorship; the Saraki political dynasty collapses.
  • 2020 — #EndSARS reaches Ilorin; small protests; some clashes at the Government House gate.Impunity Loop
  • 2022 — banditry along the Kwara–Niger border (Kaiama, Baruten, Edu LGAs); small-scale displacements.Northern Abandonment Cycle
Methodology

Tier 1 · primary

Courts. Gazettes. National archives.

Tier 2 · corroborating

OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.

Tier 4 · tertiary, flagged

Wikipedia only where primary is pending. Always labelled.