Saraki Protests As Kwara Presses Defamation Charges Against Him

Former Senate President Abubakar Bukola Saraki has accused the Kwara State Government of harassing him following a defamation suit filed against him by the government.
Saraki’s lawyers, led by Mr Jimoh Mumini (SAN), yesterday appeared before the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin to defend him over allegations that his social media post circulated on 17 April 2026, in response to an earlier press statement by the Kwara State Government which attacked his reputation, constitutes criminal defamation and cyberbullying against Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq.
The government’s lawyers, in their argument before Justice M. O. Folorunso, requested a bench warrant and a court order compe...