The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) permission to play chosen parts of its closed-circuit tv (CCTV) footage within the N10 billion basic rights swimsuit filed by former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai.
In a ruling on separate purposes, Justice Chigozie Onah declined el-Rufai’s request for the entire footage, reportedly spanning greater than six hours, however restricted both sides to twenty minutes to play chosen parts of the recordings in open court docket.
The choose agreed with ICPC counsel, Yetunde Mosunmola, that the footage contained delicate safety data that might expose the fee’s facility to safety dangers if performed in full in open court docket.
Justice Onah, nonetheless, held that if the entire footage needed to be seen, it may very well be performed in his chambers.
He additionally rejected el-Rufai’s software looking for the attendance of two ICPC officers who deposed to affidavits within the fee’s processes for cross-examination.
According to the choose, basic rights enforcement proceedings are sui generis and the case can be decided on affidavit proof.
Justice Onah directed that the chosen parts of the footage be performed at 1 p.m. and adjourned the matter till November 3 for the particular listening to of the substantive purposes.
Meanwhile, media personnel Mohammed Doka has urged Nigerians to make use of their votes within the 2027 normal elections to specific their displeasure over el-Rufai’s continued detention.
Doka, in an announcement on el-Rufai’s X account on Thursday, described the previous governor as a “caged lion” and urged his supporters and Nigerians to withstand intimidation, stay peaceable and mobilise voters forward of the elections.
He alleged that el-Rufai’s continued detention had taken on a political dimension, claiming it mirrored issues amongst some political actors in regards to the former governor’s affect forward of the 2027 polls.
Doka additional claimed that the detention had fuelled public frustration, alleging that some political figures wished el-Rufai stored in custody till after the 2027 elections.
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