Phone-tapping charge: Court fixes Oct 26 to rule on El-Rufai’s bid to stop trial

Vanguard News | 22-09-2026 01:27pm |

The Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed October 26 to rule on a motion filed by detained former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, to stop his trial. El-Rufai is facing allegations of unlawfully intercepting phone communications of National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu. Through his lawyers, he urged the court to discharge and acquit him of the five-count amended charge, arguing that the prosecution failed to establish a prima facie case. The prosecution, however, insisted that he has a case to answer.

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