The Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, has remanded an 83-year-old chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon. Illiasu Ibrahim, alongside Mallam Shola Muse and a popular indigenous radio presenter, Adesemowo “Ade Gogo” Suleiman, over alleged defamatory remarks against the elder brother of the Kwara State Governor, Peak Newspaper reports.
The presiding judge, Hon. Justice E.B. Mohammed, ordered that the defendants be remanded at the Oke-Kura Correctional Facility after their arraignment on a three-count criminal charge filed by the Kwara State Government.
The trio is accused of making derogatory and allegedly false claims against the Mutawali of Ilorin, Dr. Alimi AbdulRazaq elder brother to Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq during a programme aired on SBS 96.9 FM, Ilorin.
According to the charge sheet dated December 17, 2025, and signed by the Director of Public Prosecutions, Ayoola Idowu Akande, the defendants allegedly made statements capable of inciting the public against the Governor.
Justice Mohammed subsequently adjourned the case to April 25, 2026, for further hearing.
