BOKO HARAM: Sen Ndume docked

FOLLOWING his alleged complicity in sponsorship of the Boko Haram Islamic sect, the States Security Service, SSS, yesterday, arraigned Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume (Borno South Senatorial District), before an Abuja Chief Magistrate Court even as his colleagues in the Senate resolved to stand by him until investigations into the case have been concluded.
The lawmaker who was docked alongside the apprehended spokesman of the sect, Ali Sanda Umar Konduga (a.ka Al-Zawahiri), pleaded not guilty to a two-count criminal charge that was preferred against them.
According to the First Information Report, FIR, entered before the trial court, SSS, particularly accused Senator Ndume of breaching public trust by disclosing several classified information to the Boko Haram sect, an action it said was punishable under section 99(b) and 398 of the Penal Code.

From Right, Suspected Financier of Boko Haram and Serving Senator at National Assembly Abuja, Senator Ali Ndume and The acclaimed spokesman of the Boko Haram Sect and former member of Political thug, ECOMOG in Borno State, Ali Sanda Umar Konduga, a.k.a Usman Alzawahiri Convicted by Court after pleaded guilty of the charges against him in Court at Abuja. Photo by Gbemiga Olamikan.

Specifically, the security agency alleged that, “on diverse dates between September 15 and November 3, at Abuja and Maiduguri in Borno State, you, Mohammed Ali Ndume and Ali Sanda Umar Konduga (a.ka Al-Zawahiri) spokesman of the Boko Haram sect, did conspire to commit felony to wit: breach of official trust in that Mohammed Ali Ndume disclosed classified information to persons to whom he ought not in the public interest to so disclose.”
The SSS further alleged that the accused persons, “did intimidate by anonymous communication, some senior public officials including the Attorney General of the Federation, and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 79, 98 and 398 of the Penal Code and punishable under section 99(b) and 398 of the same code.”
Meanwhile, whereas the 1st accused person, Ndume, blatantly denied his alleged conviviality with the sect and pleaded not guilty to the charge against him, the 2nd accused, on the other hand, admitted guilt, even as he pleaded for leniency, saying he has repented of his past evil deeds.
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