Wiretapping trial: NSA, ICPC chairman confirm conversation referenced by El-Rufai

Nasir El-Rufai’s proceedings implicit allegations bordering connected treason and breach of nationalist information continued astatine the Federal High Court successful Abuja on Tuesday with the prosecution presenting grounds aimed astatine establishing claims that the erstwhile politician intercepted a backstage speech involving the National Security Adviser, NSA.

The prosecution played a 43-minute interrogation granted by El-Rufai connected Arise News Television, wherever helium allegedly stated that idiosyncratic had wiretapped a speech involving the NSA and forwarded it to him.

In the interview, El-Rufai defended the enactment by arguing that governments routinely show communications of others too.

A prosecution witnesser told the tribunal that pursuing the broadcast, investigators interviewed the NSA, Nuhu Ribadu, who confirmed that the speech referenced by El-Rufai had so taken spot betwixt him and the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and different related offences Commission, ICPC.

According to the witness, the ICPC president besides confirmed having specified a treatment with the NSA aft portions of the interrogation were played to him.

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