The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday dismissed a no-case submission filed by former Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State in his ongoing trial over alleged illegal interception of the phone communications of the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu.
Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, in a ruling, held that the Department of State Services (DSS) had positioned earlier than the court docket enough proof to warrant the court docket to name on the ex-governor to enter his defence if he so wishes.
The choose, subsequently, ordered El-Rufai, the only defendant within the cost, to enter his defence.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reviews that the the defendant had opted for a no-case submission after the DSS closed its case by calling two witnesses.
El-Rufai, via his counsel, Akinyemi Aremu, had urged the court docket to carry that the prosecution had failed to determine a case requiring the previous governor to enter a defence.
In response, the DSS lawyer, Oluwole Aladedoye, SAN, adopted their counter affidavit in opposition to the no-case submission.
Aladedoye argued that the defence failed to deal with Exhibit “B”, which the prosecution stated contained El-Rufai’s alleged admission regarding the tapping of Ribadu’s telephone.
He submitted that for the reason that prosecution had established a prima facie case towards El-Rufai, the defendant was required by regulation to enter his defence.(NAN)
