El-Rufai is status trial over alleged illegal interception of phone communications of the Nationwide Safety Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu.
Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, in a ruling on Monday, held that the Division of State Products and services, DSS, has equipped sufficient proof to require the ex-governor to go into his defence.
The pass judgement on, subsequently, ordered El-Rufai, the only real defendant within the price, to open his defence.
El-Rufai, via his suggest, Akinyemi Aremu, had informed the courtroom that the prosecution failed to determine any case in opposition to him after the DSS closed its case with two witnesses.
However DSS legal professional, Oluwole Aladedoye, SAN, argued that the defence failed to handle Show off “B” which contained El-Rufai’s alleged admission that he tapped Ribadu’s telephone.