[b]A judge from the North faces sack and
possible trial for being sympathetic to
Islamist sect, Boko Haram. Sources said
yesterday that the judge had an alleged link
with the sect’s spokesman, Ali Umar
Konduga (aka Al-Zawahiri), who was
sentenced to three years jail last week by an
Abuja Chief Magistrate Court on a one-count
charge after pleading guilty and begging
for leniency.
The judge was also alleged to have links
with Senator Ali Ndume, who was re-
arraigned in Abuja yesterday, for alleged
felony and the late Amb. Pinder. The jurist
may be forced to resign, preparatory to his
arraignment
A top government source, who spoke to
Daily Sun on condition of anonymity,
disclosed that the said judge from one of
the northern states was discovered to have
passed all judgments according to the
dictates and manipulations of Boko Haram.
The source said the judge who was
summoned to appear before security
agencies, was presented with evidence of
his culpability which included text messages
to the sect, informing that he had delivered
judgments according to their dictates, all of
which he has not denied.
The source, who said the same evidence
has been presented to the Presidency,
disclosed that the judge who might be
prosecuted, was asked to resign.
Meanwhile, as a follow-up to the recent
Northern Peace Conference organized by
the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) in
Kaduna last week obviously held to break
the suspicious silence from the North over
Boko Haram, a meeting of all former
National Security Advisers (NSAs), who are
incidentally from the North, will hold today
in Abuja.
The meeting was being convened to
address the nationwide activities of militia
groups that have the capacity to push
Nigeria into disintegration if care is not
taken, thereby fulfilling the predictions of
international pessimists.
A top government source said that the
parley which was at the instance of the
Federal Government, was being planned
against the backdrop of widespread
suspicion across the country that the non-
condemnation of the activities of the Boko
Haram by prominent Northerners could
mean their endorsement of the group. Boko
Haram’s attacks had led to loss of lives and
properties.
Senate President David Mark, in his remark
at the peace conference, queried the silence
of  Northern leaders and politicians to
openly condemn the activities of the Boko
Haram.
The immediate past NSA, Lt. Gen Aliyu Gusau
(rtd), who was the Guest Speaker at the first
Shehu Musa Yar’Adua memorial lecture at
the weekend, called for the adoption of the
right strategies to curtail current security
challenges facing the country.
Gusau, who was confident that terrorism
can be defeated, pointed out that Nigeria
needs a multi-dimensional strategy to
address the root causes of insecurity while
suppressing the negative manifestation
through appropriate use of national power.
He had stated that to make the country safe
and secure, there must be a sound security
strategy and investments in the requisite
security infrastructure, adding that such
strategy will determine how the nation
employs the various elements of power to
make the country safe and secure.
He is expected to throw more light on his
kind of security strategy at today’s talks
which holds in an undisclosed location in
Abuja.
Others expected at the meeting include
Alhaji  Ismaila Gwarzo, Alhaji MD Yusufu,
Alhaji Abdullahi Mohammed and Alhaji Sarki
Bello.
The incumbent NSA, General Andrew Azazi,
is also expected to attend the meeting.[/b]

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