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The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the no-case submission filed by former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai.
El-Rufai is standing trial over alleged unlawful interception of the telephone communications of the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu.
Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, in a ruling on Monday, held that the Department of State Services had provided enough evidence to require the ex-governor to enter his defence, and ordered El-Rufai, the sole defendant in the charge, to open his defence.
El-Rufai, through his counsel, Akinyemi Aremu, had told the court that the prosecution failed to establish any case against him after the DSS closed its case with two witnesses.
But DSS lawyer Oluwole Aladedoye, SAN, argued that the defence failed to address Exhibit “B,” which contained El-Rufai’s alleged admission that he tapped Ribadu’s phone.
The ruling means El-Rufai must now present his defence or risk conviction
Exhibit “B,” the alleged admission, becomes central to the prosecution’s case
The trial tests whether a former governor can be held accountable for alleged surveillance abuse
The case pits El-Rufai against Ribadu, both prominent figures in Nigerian politics
The ruling shifts the burden to the defence after the DSS closed its case
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