A State Security Service (SSS) official, Abdulfaruk Dauda, on Tuesday told a Federal High Court in Abuja that former spokesperson of Boko Haram, Kudunga Abdul, named Senator Ali Ndume as a financier of the radical Islamic sect.

Abdul was summarily sentenced to three years in prison after he confessed to being the spokesman of the group.

Dauda, who was cross-examined by Rickey Tarfa, counsel to Ndume, said the accused was interrogated by four sub-committees and a panel in order to test the veracity of the allegation; adding that a total of four statements obtained from the accused were filed as exhibits.

He said the statements did not negate the records of contacts the accused had with the group, “which shows clearly from the statements that Ndume was communicating with this group’’.

“I am an expert in statement taking and I did take the final statement of the accused person handled by the panel; and truly he has some issues to answer and that is why we are here,” he said.

Ndume, a serving senator from Borno State, was arraigned on December 12, 2011, on a four-court charge of having links with Boko Haram.

The senator denied the allegation on the grounds that the prosecution did not establish evidence linking him with the terror group.

He said he only made contact with the group while serving as a member of the Presidential Committee set up to help quell the hostilities in the North East; adding that transactions with some select members of the group were lawful and targeted at resolving the security challenges.

Justice Gabriel Kolawole adjourned the matter to July 10 for continuation of the trial.

http://dailytimes.com.ng/article/boko-haram-spokesperson-indicts-ndume

not a new story anyway, but i still see indume walkimg freely everyday.he's part of many commiittee that has been set up by the house.