Nuhu Ribadu

The scheduled arraignment of former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai on charges of unlawfully intercepting National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu's phone communications has been adjourned to April 23 following his absence from court proceedings.

The deterioration of Nigeria's most prominent political friendship reveals deeper fractures in the country's governance, as calls grow for judicial rather than political resolution of allegations against the former Kaduna governor.