Nigeria, Feb. 15 -- A forensic analyst, Babagana Mingali, on Thursday, told the Federal High Court in Abuja that the mobile phone belonging to the suspended Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL), Cyril Ndifon, contained no data when he conducted a forensic analysis on it.

Mr Mingali, a Chief Superintendent of Police attached to the Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA), appeared as the second defence witness (DW2) in the case brought against Mr Ndifon, a professor of law, and his lawyer, Samuel Anyanwu, by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).

Mr Ndifon's defence team appears to have called the witness to counter the testimony of a prosecution witness, who testified ...