{"id":83113,"date":"2026-03-02T09:50:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T09:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=83113"},"modified":"2026-03-02T09:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T09:50:08","slug":"icpc-recovers-alleged-wiretapping-devices-from-el-rufai-home-secures-14-day-detention-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2026\/03\/02\/icpc-recovers-alleged-wiretapping-devices-from-el-rufai-home-secures-14-day-detention-order\/","title":{"rendered":"ICPC Recovers Alleged Wiretapping Devices from El Rufai Home, Secures 14 Day Detention Order"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Omoniyi David<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission said it recovered suspected wiretapping devices and sensitive security documents from the Abuja residence of former Kaduna State governor Nasir el Rufai.<\/p>\n<p>The commission disclosed that a Magistrate Court in Bwari, Federal Capital Territory, granted a 14 day detention order to allow investigators conclude their probe.<\/p>\n<p>According to the agency, electronic equipment capable of intercepting phone conversations was discovered during a search at el Rufai\u2019s Asokoro home. Officials also said documents described as sensitive to national security were recovered.<\/p>\n<p>The ICPC dismissed claims that the former governor was being unlawfully detained or politically targeted, insisting that due process was followed.<\/p>\n<p>In filings before the Federal Capital Territory High Court, the commission urged the court to dismiss el Rufai\u2019s suit alleging violation of his fundamental rights, maintaining that its actions were lawful and necessary for a thorough investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Omoniyi David The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission said it recovered suspected wiretapping devices and sensitive security documents from the Abuja residence of former Kaduna State governor Nasir el Rufai. The commission disclosed that a Magistrate Court in Bwari, Federal Capital Territory, granted a 14 day detention order to allow investigators [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":83114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[181,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83113"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83115,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83113\/revisions\/83115"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}