Boko Haram sponsors: SSS detains senator

Yes, Some ray of hope at last.

The following report is encouraging.

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A member of the National Assembly, Sen. Ali Mohammed Ndume has
pleaded not guilty of conspiracy to commit a felony.

However, an Abuja Magistrate Court presided over by Mrs. Oyebode Oyewole
has convicted the spokesman for the sect, Ali Sanda Umar Konduga of
conspiracy to commit a felony and breach of official trust contrary to 79, 98
and 398 of the criminal procedure code.

Konduga, who was arraigned with the senator, pleaded guilty to the one count
charged file against them by the State Security Service, SSS.

The sect spokesperson told the court that he was behind the threat text
messages sent to the judges of the election petitions tribunal sitting in
Maiduguri and that Sen. Ndume supplied the text messages and the phone
numbers of the dignitatires.

Recipients of his threat messages were: governor of Jigawa State, Sule
Lamido, Niger State Babangida Aliyu, Senator Sanusi Daggash, a former
Minister of Works and senator as well as Ambassador Dalhatu Tafida, Nigeria’
s ambassador to the United Kingdom who was also the Director General of
the Jonathan-Sambo presidential campaignorganization.

The court said the suspects would be sentenced according to section 398 of
the penal code which deals with criminal intimidation of government officials
by anonymous communication. The offence carries 2 years imprisonment.

Since Sen. Ndume has pleaded not guilty, the court would have to wait to
hear the senator’s case before sentencing the Boko Haram’s spokesperson.
On Monday during interrogation, Ali Sanda Umar Konduga, spokesperson of
the Boko Haram sect had implicated the embattled senator alleging that he
was one of their sponsors.

Senator Ndume and Konduga will remain in SSS custody until December 6
when hearing on his (Ndume) bail application will commence

In a message dated 23/11/2011 02:22:00 GMT Standard Time, phbamaiyi@yahoo.com writes:

Some ray of light at last!

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My brother wahala dey o. I just hope GEJ will summon the courage to unravel the nest of killers that has tormented, killed, and maim Nigerians. This also calls on all political parties to reflect more on the characters they present to Nigerians for electoral nod. We can't continue this way for too long.


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Thanks Biodun for sharing this message. This is an eye opener that those paid to protect and foster Nigerian unity are the same people undermining her due to personal greed and quest for power. We hope Justice will prevail in the end and the laws of the nation upheld but those who have been sent to the grave very early and indiscriminately as they were mostly killed by bomb blast will never and should never be forgotten. SEO In a message dated 22/11/2011 06:58:26 GMT Standard Time, sowunmi@hotmail.com writes: Boko Haram sponsors: SSS detains senator By Yusuf Alli and Gbade Ogunwale, Abuja 6 hours 26 minutes ago Font size: sen Ndume Suspect names ex-Governor Sheriff, ex-envoy as backers SECURITY agents last night arrested a Senator who a suspect named as a Boko Haram sponsor. Senator Ali Ndume (Borno), who is being held by the State Security Services (SSS), is likely to face trial today in Abuja. The Nation learnt also that 13 suspects have been arrested by the Joint Task Force in connection with the recent bombings in Damaturu, Yobe State. Ndume will be arraigned in court with some members of the sect already in SSS custody, sources said. A source, who pleaded not to be named for security reasons, broke to The Nation news of the senator's arrest at about 10.20pm. He said: "He is presently being detained in SSS custody, pending his arraignment in court. "Based on the confession of some Boko Haram suspects in custody, we have interrogated Ndume and he has made a statement accordingly. We are going to charge him to court on Tuesday (today) with some of the suspects in our custody. "With this development, we hope that Nigerians will appreciate that security agencies are doing our best to tackle terrorism." Attempts by some Senators to see Ndume last night failed. A suspect named Ndume, former Borno State Governor Ali Modu Sheriff and Nigeria's former Ambassador to Sao Tome and Principe, the late Saidu Pindar, as financial backers of Boko Haram. The suspect, Ali Sauda Umar Konduga