Nasir El-Rufai, the former governor of Kaduna State, was charged by the Department of State Services (DSS) on Thursday for allegedly listening in on Nuhu Ribadu, the NSA’s national security adviser, over the phone.
El-Rufai is being charged before the Abuja Federal High Court on a five-count revised charge, according to the DAILY POST.
At the beginning of the proceedings, the prosecution told the court that the
As a result, Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, the presiding judge, dismissed the earlier count.
El-Rufai entered a not guilty plea to the revised five-count accusation.
According to the DAILY POST, the former FCT Minister claimed in a February interview on Arise Television’s Prime Time that “someone wiretapped” Ribadu’s phone, enabling him to hear the NSA giving security personnel orders to arrest him.
had been changed from three to five counts.
Additionally, the governor gave Alhaji Abdullahi Adamu Katcha, the Commissioner for Technical and Vocational Education, authority over the Ministry of Tertiary Education.
Similarly, the Ministry of Arts and Culture will be overseen by Hajiya Hadiza Idris Kuta, Commissioner for Women Affairs.
Umaru-Bago advised the commissioners to see the extra duties as a chance to improve the quality of services.
He expressed hope that the State Executive Council members will keep cooperating to guarantee smooth government.
The governor had already ordered all political appointees running for elected office to retire, according to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
In order to run for elected office before the general elections in 2027, six of the thirty commissioners later resigned.
The NAN
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