Former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has urged the Federal High Court in Abuja to quash the phone call interception charges filed against him by the State Security Service (SSS). Mr El-Rufai’s media aide, Muyiwa Adekeye, shared details of the request in a statement on Tuesday, noting that the former governor remains in the custody of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). This comes ahead of the scheduled arraignment of Mr El-Rufai on the phone interception charges before trial judge Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday. Mr El-Rufai’s application, filed on 17 February, challenges the charges in the case marked FHC/ABJ/CR/99/2026 instituted by the SSS. The SSS filed the charges following Mr El-Rufai claim on an ...