Nigeria, Oct. 13 -- The Court of Appeal has dismissed the criminal defamation and cyberbullying case instituted by the Kwara State Government against former Senate President, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki, ruling that the charge and evidence presented did not disclose any offence.

In a unanimous judgment read by Justice Ridwan Maiwada Abdullahi on behalf of Justices Gabriel Omoniyi Kolawole and Abdu Dogo, the appellate court held that the statement made by Saraki, which formed the basis of the case, was not capable of inciting violence or causing a breakdown of law and order in any part of Kwara State.

The case arose from a statement in which Saraki alleged that Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq did not complete his secondary education and t...