The Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed October 26, 2026, to deliver judgment on the no-case submission filed by Nasir El-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna State, in a case concerning the alleged unlawful interception of telephone conversations.
Joyce Abdulmalik, the presiding judge, on Tuesday, adjourned the ruling on the no-case submission after hearing arguments from counsel.
During the proceedings, Paul Erokoro, counsel to El-Rufai, asked the court to discharge and acquit the former governor of the five-count amended charge.
Erokoro argued that the prosecution had failed to establish a prima facie case to warrant compelling El-Rufai to enter a defence to the charges.
El-Rufai’s counsel prayed the court to uphold the no-case submission and terminate further proceedings in the matter.
Opposing the no-case submission, Oluwole Aladedoye, the prosecution counsel, asked the court to dismiss the application and order the defendant to open his defence.
Aladedoye said the oral and documentary evidence presented before the court was sufficient to sustain the allegations against the defendant.
El-Rufai is standing trial on a five-count amended charge filed by the DSS over allegations that he unlawfully intercepted telephone conversations linked to Nuhu Ribadu, the National Security Adviser.
The Federal Government had closed its case after presenting two witnesses.
In February 2026, during an interview on ‘Prime Time’, an Arise Television programme, El-Rufai said “someone wiretapped” Ribadu’s phone, allowing him to listen to the NSA instructing security operatives to effect his arrest.
