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 unlawful interception of the telephone communications of the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu. KTH Daily: Justice Joyce Abdulmalik ruled that the Department of State Services (DSS) had presented sufficient evidence to warrant calling on the ex-governor to enter his defence if he so desires. In a related development, KTH Daily: reports that the judge therefore ordered El-Rufai, the sole defendant, to enter his defence. The defendant had opted for a no-case submission after the DSS closed its case by calling two witnesses. KTH Daily: also notes that El-Rufai, through his counsel, Akinyemi Aremu, had urged the court to hold that the prosecution had failed to establish a case requiring the former governor to enter a defence. In response, the DSS lawyer, Oluwole Aladedoye, SAN, adopted their counter affidavit in opposition to the no-case submission. Furthermore, KTH Daily: highlights that Aladedoye argued the defence failed to address Exhibit “B”, which the prosecution said contained El-Rufai’s alleged admission concerning the tapping of Ribadu’s phone. He submitted that since the prosecution had established a prima facie case against El-Rufai, the defendant was required by law to enter his defence.
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