Admitting to illegal tapping of phone on live TV callous – Omokri slams El-Rufai

‎former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, has criticised former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, over comments made during an interview on Arise TV, describing the alleged admission of phone tapping as callous.

‎Omokri, in a post on X on Friday night, argued that tapping a phone call without a court order is a crime.

‎He added that admitting to such action publicly raises serious legal and ethical concerns.

‎“Tapping a phone call without a court order is a crime. Admitting to it on live television is callous. Confessing that you were an accessory after the fact to unnamed individuals in the illegal tapping of a call is an open-and-shut case of your own culpability,” he said.

‎He further questioned who else may have been targeted.

‎“Who else has Mallam Nasir el-Rufai and his agents been tapping?”

‎“Has he and his associates been helping terrorists and coup plotters to tap the phone calls of their intended victims?,” he asked.

‎In another post, Omokri advised El-Rufai to keep talking.

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‎“No wonder Nasir @elrufai boasted that he would unseat President Tinubu in 2027. Has he also tapped the INEC Chairman’s phone number?

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‎He added that the situation raises questions about the push for real-time transmission of election results, arguing that if it is possible to intercept the phone of a National Security Adviser, then electoral technologies such as INEC’s IREV portal and BVAS devices could also be vulnerable to compromise.

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‎“Nasir el-Rufai, keep talking. Keep digging. Keep exposing yourself,” he added.

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