A witness of the Department of State Services, DSS, in the trial of former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai on the alleged wiretapping of the telephone lines of the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has admitted that El-Rufai confirmed the wiretapping remarks during a television interview.
The witness, Deji Adeyanju, told the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday that he appeared for an interview program on Arise Television Station on February 16, the same day El-Rufai made the confession on the same television.
Adeyanju, the second prosecution witness in the trial, told the Court that the former governor admitted during the television interview that “we listened to the conversations of the NSA.”
Led in evidence by prosecution counsel, Oluwole Aladedoye, Adeyanju confirmed that he knew El-Rufai as a former governor of Kaduna State and recalled issuing a public statement after reports emerged that the former governor was to be arrested by security operatives.
The prosecution tendered the subpoena used to summon Adeyanju, which was admitted and marked as Exhibit G.
The court also viewed the Arise Television interview involving El-Rufai, after which Adeyanju confirmed the recording and the statements allegedly made during the programme.
The prosecution subsequently tendered Adeyanju’s own interview, contained in a flash drive alongside a certificate of compliance. Both were admitted in evidence as Exhibits H and H1.
While giving evidence, Adeyanju told the court that he was later invited by the Department of State Services, DSS, where he was asked to recount what
