Former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has been arraigned before the Federal High Court in Abuja over his alleged involvement in the interception of the telephone line of the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu.
El-Rufai pleaded not guilty to a five-count amended charge, marked FHC/ABJ/99/2026, when it was read to him on Thursday before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik.
Proceedings were, however, stalled midway during the hearing of his bail application after the court observed that a document referenced by defence counsel, Oluwole Iyamu (SAN), was not in the case file.
Following an application by Iyamu, unopposed by prosecuting counsel, Oluwole Aladeloye (SAN), the court stood down the matter to enable the defence to properly place the document before it.
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