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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J An Abuja High Court, presided over by Justice Abubakar Talba has fined Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai for failing for the fourth consecutive adjourned date to produce his witness, to substantiate a case of libel and defamation filed by him against the former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh. The governor, who had been attending court even as Chief Executive of Kaduna State, has for four consecutive adjourned dates (since June 2016) failed to produce his witness to substantiate his claims against Metuh. When the matter was called up at the resumption of trial, Counsel to El-Rufai Rabi Adamu told the court that the witness was again not available to testify and asked for yet another adjournment. Angered by the submission, Counsel to Metuh, Ben-Chuks Nwosu said with the failure to produce his witness, it is evident that El-Rufai has no case against Metuh. Nwosu described the development as an abuse of court pr...