Chief investigator of the State Security Service, SSS, Mr James Ene Izih, told the Court that a Senator, Mohammed Ndume, gave the telephone number of the Attorney General of the Federation, Mohammed Adoke, to the Boko Haram sect. It would be recalled that Mr. Ndume, a serving Senator representing Borno South Senatorial District, is standing trial for his alleged ties to 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. Izih, who headed the Special Investigation Panel, SIP, set up to investigate Mr. Ndume, said that a former spokesman of Boko Haram, Ali Konduga a.k.a Usman Alzawahiri, revealed the information to the panel. The panel was informed by the said Konduga 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 affirmed that the calls to Mr. Adoke were threats to scare him into influencing the Governorship Election Tribunal members to give judgement in favour of the PDP or risk mayhem in the State.
He further 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. Izih, in his testimony asserted that the items found in the senator's phone
were indicative of his close links with the dreaded Islamist sect.
"The fact that Konduga was tried and convicted of terrorism acts is enough to show that the accused is also liable,'' he concluded. The judge, Gabriel Kolawole, adjourned the suit to November 1, November 5 and December 11 for further hearing.
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