Senator Ndume gave
AGF’s mobile number to Boko Haram – SSS. More drama as details regarding
Ndume’s transaction with Boko Haram emerges. An Assistant Director with the
State Security Services, SSS, James Ineh, told the Federal High Court on
Wednesday that
a Senator, Mohammed Ndume, gave the telephone number of the
Attorney General of the Federation, Mohammed Adoke, to the Boko Haram. Mr.
Ndume, a serving Senator from Borno, is standing trial for allegedly having
links with Boko Haram. The accused has, however, said he established the link
to facilitate peace as a member of the Presidential Committee on Security in
the North East Zone. Mr. Ineh, who was the Chairman of the Special
Investigation Panel, SIP, set up to investigate Mr. Ndume, said that a former
spokesman of Boko Haram, Ali Konduga, revealed the information to the panel. He
said Mr. Konduga informed the panel that the senator provided him with the
telephone number of Mr. Adoke.
The witness
allegedly told the panel that the number was used to bargain a governorship
petition filed by the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Borno state.
Mr. Ineh said that
the former Boko Haram spokesman testified that the calls to Mr.
Adoke were threats
to spur him to influence the Governorship Election Tribunal members
to cede the state’s
election victory to PDP or risk mayhem in the State. He explained that the name
of the Attorney General was dragged into the panel report submitted on November
25, 2011 on the grounds that his GSM number was found in Mr. Konduga’s telephone
set. Mr. Ineh, in his testimony, further said that the items found in the
senator’s telephone
were indicative of
his close connection with the dreaded group. “The fact that Konduga was tried
and convicted of terrorism acts is enough to show that the accused is also
liable,’’ he said. The judge, Gabriel Kolawole, adjourned the suit to November
1, November 5 and
December 11.
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