Court grants ICPC’s prayer to play CCTV footage in El-Rufai’s N10bn suit

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday granted an application by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to play part of the footage of the Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras at its facility in former Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State’s claims.
Justice Chigozie Onah, in a ruling on separate motions filed by ICPC and El-Rufai, declined the ex-governor’s prayers to have the over-six-hour video recording played in full in open court.
Justice Onah, who granted the duo 20 minutes each to have any part of the footage played in open court, said the court cannot be turned into a viewing centre.
The judge said the court does not have the lu...