The Senate has vowed to stand by Senator Ali Ndume who was arrested by the State Security Service on Monday for allegedly funding and supporting the radical Islamic sect, Boko Haram.
Senate's spokesman, Senator Eyinaya Abaribe who briefed journalists after a closed door executive session in Abuja noted that at the moment the charges labelled against Ndume are mere allegations and the law states that one is presumed innocent until proven guilty.
Senator Abaribe asked the security agencies to conclude investigations into the matter and the Senate would take a stand afterwards.
Senator Ali Ndume a serving Senator form Borno state appeared in an Abuja court on two charges of breaching of official trust by disclosing information to unauthorized persons and criminal conduct and he pleaded not guilty.
After the preliminary hearing the judges adjourned the case to be heard on December 6 after completion of police investigations.
The SSS said on Monday that politicians were funding members of a radical Islamist sect who has claimed responsible for dozens of shootings and bombings in the north and the Federal Capital Territory.
Boko Haram, whose name translates as "Western education is forbidden", has carried out near daily attacks in the remote northeast in Borno state, where Nigeria borders Cameroon, Niger and Chad.
The SSS said they had arrested Ali Sanda Umar Konduga on November 3, and he admitted to being one of the spokesmen for Boko Haram, using the name Usman al-Zawahiri.
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