The Department of State Service (SSS) appears to have established a strong connection between the detained Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume and the former spokesperson of the dreaded Boko Haram sect, Ali Sanda Umar Konduga (a.ka Al-Zawahiri).

Information pieced together by Sunday Vanguard, at the weekend, suggest that part of the evidence the SSS has assembled against the senator is what a security source described as “the two-way communication link, via telephone between the senator and the man known as Al-Zawahiri”. It was learnt that the “connect is so strong that even the attempt by the senator’s wife to address a press conference on Friday afternoon had to be quickly thwarted by the senator himself.”

“When it was discovered that the woman (wife) was attempting to address the press on the matter of the detention of her husband”, the source continued, “it was impressed on the husband that should such a press conference be addressed, the Department would go to town with details of its findings which allegedly link the senator to Al-Zawahiri.
“At that point, the man had to make a quick contact with the wife, putting a halt to the move for a press conference”.

Sunday Vanguard was also made to understand that whereas further investigations were still on, “the evidence we have suggests that when the Police Headquarters was bombed, it was the same Al-Zawahiri who announced to the world claiming responsibility on behalf of Boko Haram and we also believe that, prior to that incident, the two men had communication or were in contact.”

“If that is fully established, the puzzle we are attempting to solve is why the senator did not alert the authorities; but the investigations continue”, the security source disclosed.

In July, 2011, Nigeria’s intelligence chiefs gave a briefing to a closed session of Nigeria’s senate. At that briefing, very sensitive national security matters were disclosed.

Among those who had come to brief the senate were the National Security Adviser, NSA, the Director General, Department of State Service, the Inspector General of Police, IGP, and a host of others. They talked about their efforts at curtailing the menace of Boko Haram.


Senator Ndume, The SSS believes and insists that it has a strong case him
This was just after Boko Haram had struck the United Nation’s House in Abuja. The security chiefs also revealed a lot about strategy. In fact, the security chiefs handed the senate a briefing pack.

However, unknown to the security chiefs, a senator, Mohammed Ali Ndume, was among those to whom they were revealing these national security secrets. At that time, it did not matter.

Today, it does!

Reason: The SSS now claims to be in possession of telephone logs that links Senator Ndume to one Ali Sanda Umar Konduga (a.ka Al-Zawahiri), the spokes man for Boko Haram. The latter disclosed during investigation that Senator Ndume was a major sponsor of Boko Haram. Therefore, last Tuesday, Ndume, who had been picked up on Monday, was marshalled into the Chief Magistrate court premises in Zone 2 at exactly 2:00 pm; of course, along with Konduga.

Ndume, clad in a white Buba and matching cap with glasses, took his plea in English while the 2nd accused spoke through an interpreter.

Calm, Ndume looked apprehensive when the 2nd accused started narrating to the court how he (Ndume) allegedly furnished them with information. With obvious disbelief, Ndume glared at the 2nd accused all through the court session.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/11/boko-haram-how-sss-established-case-against-senator-ndume/

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