The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) permission to play chosen parts of its closed-circuit tv (CCTV) footage within the N10 billion elementary rights go well with filed by former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai.
In a ruling on separate functions, Justice Chigozie Onah declined el-Rufai’s request for the whole footage, reportedly spanning greater than six hours, however restricted all sides to twenty minutes to play chosen parts of the recordings in open courtroom.
The choose agreed with ICPC counsel, Yetunde Mosunmola, that the footage contained delicate safety data that might expose the fee’s facility to safety dangers if performed in full in open courtroom.
Justice Onah, nevertheless, held that if the whole footage needed to be considered, it may very well be performed in his chambers.
He additionally rejected el-Rufai’s utility in search of the attendance of two ICPC officers who deposed to affidavits within the fee’s processes for cross-examination.
According to the choose, elementary rights enforcement proceedings are sui generis and the case could be decided on affidavit proof.
Justice Onah directed that the chosen parts of the footage be performed at 1 p.m. and adjourned the matter till November 3 for the particular listening to of the substantive functions.
Meanwhile, media personnel Mohammed Doka has urged Nigerians to make use of their votes within the 2027 common elections to specific their displeasure over el-Rufai’s continued detention.
Doka, in a press release on el-Rufai’s X account on Thursday, described the previous governor as a “caged lion” and urged his supporters and Nigerians to withstand intimidation, stay peaceable and mobilise voters forward of the elections.
He alleged that el-Rufai’s continued detention had taken on a political dimension, claiming it mirrored considerations amongst some political actors concerning the former governor’s affect forward of the 2027 polls.
Doka additional claimed that the detention had fuelled public frustration, alleging that some political figures wished el-Rufai saved in custody till after the 2027 elections.
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