Nigeria, Oct. 26 -- The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a no-case submission filed by former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai in his trial over the alleged unlawful interception of the telephone communications of National Security Adviser (NSA) Nuhu Ribadu.

Judge Joyce Abdulmalik, in a ruling on Monday, held that the State Security Service (SSS) had presented sufficient evidence to require Mr El-Rufai to enter his defence, if he chooses.

The judge consequently ordered the former governor, the sole defendant in the case, to enter his defence.

A defendant who fails to enter defence risks may leave the judge with no other option than to foreclose the defence and determine the defendant's guilty or innocence soley on the stre...