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BREAKING: El-Rufai arraigned in Abuja over alleged bugging of NSA Ribadu’s phone

today23/04/2026 2

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Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has been arraigned before a Federal High Court in Abuja over allegations of involvement in the illegal surveillance of the telephone line of the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu.

El-Rufai was brought before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik on Thursday, where he pleaded not guilty to a five-count amended charge marked FHC/ABJ/99/2026.

Proceedings were, however, temporarily stalled during the hearing of his bail application after the court observed that a document referenced by defence counsel, Oluwole Iyamu (SAN), was missing from the case file.

Following a request by the defence lawyer—unopposed by the prosecution counsel, Oluwole Aladeloye (SAN)—the judge stood down the matter to allow the document to be properly filed before the court.

Further proceedings are expected to continue once the issue is resolved.

Written by: Adeola Akinbade

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