By Ikechukwu Nnochiri
The Federal Authorities has entered a three-count cost towards the previous Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, alleging that he unlawfully intercepted the cellphone communication of the Nationwide Safety Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu.
Within the cost the FG lodged earlier than the Federal Excessive Courtroom in Abuja, via the Division of State Providers (DSS), the erstwhile governor, who additionally served as Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) beneath the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, was stated to have dedicated the crime with some individuals who’re at present on the run.
FG instructed the courtroom that the defendant had, on February 3, when he appeared as a visitor on Come up TV station’s Prime Time program, admitted his complicity within the crime.
He was accused of committing an offence beneath part 12(1) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, and so forth.) (Modification) Act 2024.
In count-two of the cost, the previous governor, who’s a frontline member of a coalition of opposition politicians which might be dissatisfied with President Bola Tinubu’s administration, was stated to bear in mind that somebody unlawfully intercepted the NSA’s communications, however didn’t report the crime to the related safety companies.
It was additional alleged that through the use of technical gear to intercept the NSA’s calls, the defendants endangered public security and nationwide safety, and instilled “affordable apprehension” amongst Nigerians, an offence in breach of part 131(2) of the Nigerian Communications Act 2003.
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