A Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin, the state capital, has fixed July 22nd for the arraignment of Senate President Bukola Saraki for an alleged derogatory and defamatory statement against Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq.
The Kwara government had dragged Saraki to court for alleged criminal defamation against the governor.
The state accused Saraki of publishing and sharing a statement on or about 17th April, 2026, on social media and newspapers containing insulting, derogatory, and abusive language that Governor AbdulRazaq is not educated up to secondary school education: “which you knew or ought to have known to be false, but you intentionally published the said statements in a manner to insult or provoke the Governor of Kwara State Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq and the Kwara State Government, which you did in a manner likely to cause breakdown of public peace and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 399 of the Penal Code, CAP. P4, Laws of Kwara State, 2006.”
In his motion on notice, Counsel to Senator Saraki (defendant/applicant), Jimoh Mumeen (SAN), had raised seven principal reliefs that bordered on improper service, lack of jurisdiction, abuse of court processes, and others, saying the case is not triable in the state High Court.
