File copy: Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai
The trial of former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, over alleged treason and breach of national security resumed on Tuesday at the Federal High Court in Abuja.
At the sitting, a prosecution witness told the court that the National Security Adviser and the chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission confirmed the authenticity of a conversation allegedly referenced by El-Rufai during a television interview.
The prosecution played before the court a 43-minute interview granted by El-Rufai on Arise Television, during which he allegedly claimed that a private conversation involving the NSA, Nuhu Ribadu, had been intercepted and forwarded to him.
The former Kaduna State Governor is facing an amended five-count charge over alleged unlawful interception of communications involving the NSA and alleged threats to national security.
