Nigerian court overturns charges against Bukola Saraki
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on ThisDayOur method
The Court of Appeal sitting in Ilorin overturned the criminal defamation and cyberbullying charges brought by Kwara State against Bukola Saraki, former president of Nigeria’s Senate. The judges found that the remarks in question and the evidence presented did not constitute an offence, according to the court’s ruling.
Nigeria’s Court of Appeal overturned the criminal defamation and cyberbullying charges brought by Kwara State against Bukola Saraki, former president of the Nigerian Senate, ThisDay reports. The court unanimously found that the charge and evidence did not disclose any offence committed by him.
The case concerned remarks by Saraki that were denounced by Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, governor of Kwara State. The ruling was read by Justice Ridwan Maiwada Abdullahi on behalf of two other Court of Appeal judges.
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