Saraki Heads to Appeal Court After Kwara High Court Rejects Jurisdiction Objection in Free Speech Case

Saraki Heads to Appeal Court After Kwara High Court Rejects Jurisdiction Objection in Free Speech Case

Hammed Shittu in Ilorin

Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has directed his legal team to challenge the decision of the Kwara State High Court which dismissed his objection to the court’s jurisdiction in the criminal defamation and cyberbullying case instituted against him by Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq.

The matter came up yesterday before Justice M. O. Folorunso at the Kwara State High Court in Ilorin. Proceedings continued despite the absence of Saraki’s lead counsel, Jimoh Mumini (SAN), who was said to be indisposed.

Although the court declined the prosecution’s request to issue a bench warrant against the former Senate President, it also dismissed the defence’s argument that it lacked jurisdiction to entertain the case.