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so who REALLY controls boko haram?

By Yusuf Alli and Gbade Ogunwale, Abuja 7 hours 10 minutes ago

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[size=16pt]Suspect names ex-Governor Sheriff, ex-envoy as backers[/size]

SECURITY agents last night arrested a Senator who a suspect named as a Boko Haram sponsor.

Senator Ali Ndume (Borno), who is being held by the State Security Services (SSS), is likely to face trial today in Abuja.

The Nation learnt also that 13 suspects have been arrested by the Joint Task Force in connection with the recent bombings in Damaturu, Yobe State.

Ndume will be arraigned in court with some members of the sect already in SSS custody, sources said.

A source, who pleaded not to be named for security reasons, broke to The Nation news of the senator’s arrest at about 10.20pm.

He said: “He is presently being detained in SSS custody, pending his arraignment in court.

“Based on the confession of some Boko Haram suspects in custody, we have interrogated Ndume and he has made a statement accordingly. We are going to charge him to court on Tuesday (today) with some of the suspects in our custody.

“With this development, we hope that Nigerians will appreciate that security agencies are doing our best to tackle terrorism.”

Attempts by some Senators to see Ndume last night failed.

A suspect named Ndume, former Borno State Governor Ali Modu Sheriff and Nigeria’s former Ambassador to Sao Tome and Principe, the late Saidu Pindar, as financial backers of Boko Haram.

The suspect, Ali Sauda Umar Konduga (a.k.a Usman al-Zawahiri) spoke at the State Security Service (SSS) office in Abuja during a session with reporters in the presence of SSS officials.

It was a repetition of the confessional statement he allegedly made to the SSS.

Besides its activities in the Northeast, which have caused hundreds of deaths, the group extended its operations to Abuja when its suicide bomber attacked the police headquarters.

The group also killed more than 60 people during its co-ordinated strikes in Damaturu and Potiskum in Yobe State and Maiduguri, Borno State, early this month.

Boko Haram took its operations to the international arena by attacking the United Nations (UN) building in Abuja in August, killing 24 people.

[size=16pt]Konduga said he was trained by the late Boko Haram leader, Mohammed Yusuf, who was summarily executed in police custody in 2009.

Konduga confessed to being a member of “ECOMOG”, political outfit allegedly sponsored by Sheriff.

According to him, the relationship between the sect and the ex-governor flourished when Sheriff appointed one of Boko Haram’s leaders, Fuji Foi, as commissioner. But the relationship went sour after Foi was sacked and eventually killed in circumstances the sect believed were officially instigated.
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The suspect, who spoke through an interpreter, said it was at this point that the late Pindar stepped in as a major backer of the sect. According to him, Pindar promised the sect N10 million and was on his way to deliver N5 million to the sect when he was killed in a road crash about two months ago.

Konduga said: “Senator Ali Ndume filled the vacuum left by Pindar. He composed threat text messages that we forwarded to prominent individuals, including Governor Sule Lamido (Jigawa State), Babangida Aliyu (Niger State), Nigeria’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Dalhatu Tafida and ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo.”

“Before his death, Pindar encouraged us to send threat messages to the chairman of the Borno State Election Petition Tribunal, Justice Sambo Adamu, and the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke.”

The Borno Election Petition Tribunal was forced to relocate from Maiduguri to Abuja by the frightening contents of the text messages.

According to the suspect, the relationship between the sect and Ndume grew tepid when the senator was named  as a member of the Galtimari Committee on Security in the Northeast.

“We questioned Ndume’s membership of the committee, but he explained to us that he had no link with ex-Governor Sheriff and that he would supply us the telephone numbers of members of the Galtimari committee. He could not fulfil the promise before I was arrested.”

The Galtimari committee has submitted its report which President Goodluck Jonathan promised to implement, saying: “perpetrators would be dealt with and that the heavens would not fall”.

Giving reasons for sending threat messages to the prominent individuals, Konduga said Ndume told them that Obasanjo was a strong backer of Sheriff and the message was meant to get the ex-President to withdraw his support for him.

The message to the tribunal chairman was to threaten him to rule in favour of the PDP in the Borno State governorship election petition. The election was won by the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP).

The message to the Attorney General was to make him prevail on the tribunal to rule in favour of the PDP. The message to Governors Lamido and Aliyu was to check their relentless verbal attacks on the sect.

One of the threat messages was also sent to former Senator and ex-Works Minister Sanusi Daggash. According to the suspect, Ndume told the sect that Daggash was working against the interest of the PDP in Borno State.

According to Konduga, all the messages were scripted by Ndume and forwarded to him for onward transmission to the various individuals. He also provided the telephone numbers of the individuals.

The suspect expressed the sect’s dissatisfaction with the various political figures they had contact with because, according to him, they always failed to keep their promises when the sect members needed them most.

SSS spokesperson Marilyn Ogar who addressed the press conference where the suspect was paraded before reporters, said the revelation had confirmed the position of the SSS that Boko Haram members enjoy political patronage and sponsorship.

She said the suspect was arrested on November 3 by a joint security operation at Gwange, Maiduguri. According to Ogar, Konduga claimed to be one of the spokesmen of the sect.

The SSS spokesperson said the suspect confessed that following the compulsory registration of SIM cards, he was asked to steal a SIM which he used in sending the threat messages.

Ogar revealed that the suspect had been using a pseudo name, Usman Al-Zawahiri, to conceal his identity. She confirmed that analysis of the suspect’s phone confirmed constant communication between him and the legislator (preferring not to mention his name).

She said: “Meanwhile, analysis of Al-Zawahiri’s phone has confirmed constant communication between him and the legislator”.

The SSS reiterated its commitment to addressing the security threat posed by Boko Haram and other fundamentalist groups, including the dimensions of political patronage and sponsorship of extremist and violent groups.

[size=16pt][b]Ndume was the Minority Leader of the sixth House of Representatives. He was elected on the platform of the ANPP. He defected to the PDP shortly before the April elections, apparently having fallen out with ex- Governor Sheriff who is in absolute control of the ANPP in Borno State[/b][/size].

[size=14pt]Police arrest suspect in Borno Gov’s Lodge
By Yusuf Alli ,Vincent Ikuomola and John Ofikhenua, Abuja 1 hour ago[/size]

THE Police appear to have recorded a breakthrough in their investigation of the Christmas Day bombing of St.Theresa's Catholic Church, Madalla, near Abuja. They arrested yesterday a man suspected  to be the mastermind of the attack in which over 40 people died. The Islamic Sect,Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the bombing. His arrest was effected in an unlikely place:a Governor's Lodge-that of Borno State in Abuja. The suspect, Kabir Sokoto, was picked up in the company of a serving military officer whose name was not immediately disclosed. The duo were being quizzed, sources told The Nation last night.

[size=14pt]Police arrest suspect in Borno Gov’s Lodge
By Yusuf Alli ,Vincent Ikuomola and John Ofikhenua, Abuja 1 hour ago[/size]

THE Police appear to have recorded a breakthrough in their investigation of the Christmas Day bombing of St.Theresa's Catholic Church, Madalla, near Abuja. They arrested yesterday a man suspected  to be the mastermind of the attack in which over 40 people died. The Islamic Sect,Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the bombing. His arrest was effected in an unlikely place:a Governor's Lodge-that of Borno State in Abuja. The suspect, Kabir Sokoto, was picked up in the company of a serving military officer whose name was not immediately disclosed. The duo were being quizzed, sources told The Nation last night.

2kurupt:
you speak as if the oil comes from the offices of the companies & not the fields

hasyak:
"Muslim Compatriots in Kano attend Church service to show solidarity with Christains. I am loving this subsidy removal, hehehehe, some pple re in trouble, if we can conquer religious bigotary then we have won half d battle. For years they have remained united in looting us while dey whip up religious sentiments to divide us. Some pple must be peeing in der pants now. Praissseeeeeeeee The Lord"

muami:
Yes oh. BTW, which acts are performing on Monday?

A peaceful protest organised by activists and residents in Lekki, Lagos against the planned imposition of toll fees on motorists plying the Lekki Highway was reduced to violence as the Nigeria Police Force and political party thugs brutally attacked protesters and journalists.
[size=16pt][b]According to eyewitnesses, the protest started out peacefully until thugs allegedly sponsored by the ruling party in the state, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), showed up with machetes and sticks and started attacking the protesters.
The protesters resisted the attacks. However, Mobile Police (MOPOL) officers soon arrived at the scene and started beating up the protesters and firing tear gas canisters at them.
The ACN fortified thugs were however left to display banners that read "NURTW supports tolling", with the MOPOL officers providing protection for them.[/size]
The protesters then retreated into Lekki Phase One and locked the gates but still the MOPOL officers continued to fire tear gas at them. The officers also arrested several protesters and reports say one person was beaten to unconsciousness.
The Lekki Toll Road Concession is a public private partnership (PPP) scheme between the Lagos State Government and the LCC.
However, residents of the area believe that the collection of tolls on the road by the LCC amounts to unfair treatment and injustice.

A peaceful protest organised by activists and residents in Lekki, Lagos against the planned imposition of toll fees on motorists plying the Lekki Highway was reduced to violence as the Nigeria Police Force and political party thugs brutally attacked protesters and journalists.
[size=16pt][b]According to eyewitnesses, the protest started out peacefully until thugs allegedly sponsored by the ruling party in the state, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), showed up with machetes and sticks and started attacking the protesters.
The protesters resisted the attacks. However, Mobile Police (MOPOL) officers soon arrived at the scene and started beating up the protesters and firing tear gas canisters at them.
The ACN fortified thugs were however left to display banners that read "NURTW supports tolling", with the MOPOL officers providing protection for them.[/size]
The protesters then retreated into Lekki Phase One and locked the gates but still the MOPOL officers continued to fire tear gas at them. The officers also arrested several protesters and reports say one person was beaten to unconsciousness.
The Lekki Toll Road Concession is a public private partnership (PPP) scheme between the Lagos State Government and the LCC.
However, residents of the area believe that the collection of tolls on the road by the LCC amounts to unfair treatment and injustice.

A peaceful protest organised by activists and residents in Lekki, Lagos against the planned imposition of toll fees on motorists plying the Lekki Highway was reduced to violence as the Nigeria Police Force and political party thugs brutally attacked protesters and journalists.
[size=16pt][b]According to eyewitnesses, the protest started out peacefully until thugs allegedly sponsored by the ruling party in the state, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), showed up with machetes and sticks and started attacking the protesters.
The protesters resisted the attacks. However, Mobile Police (MOPOL) officers soon arrived at the scene and started beating up the protesters and firing tear gas canisters at them.
The ACN fortified thugs were however left to display banners that read "NURTW supports tolling", with the MOPOL officers providing protection for them.[/size]
The protesters then retreated into Lekki Phase One and locked the gates but still the MOPOL officers continued to fire tear gas at them. The officers also arrested several protesters and reports say one person was beaten to unconsciousness.
The Lekki Toll Road Concession is a public private partnership (PPP) scheme between the Lagos State Government and the LCC.
However, residents of the area believe that the collection of tolls on the road by the LCC amounts to unfair treatment and injustice.

The arrested gunrunner is Comrade Nuhu Mohammed who is former chairman of petroleum drivers association in Kaduna

Beaf:
The occupy people are thoroughly deluded and their approach is shallow. They have been used by the NLC (fathers of corruption), failed politicians (like Bakare) and fuel importers (like Tinubu). Now that the subsidy matter has met a cold, hard rock in GEJ; [size=16pt]it is becoming apparent to the occupy clowns that they have been used and dumped like soiled toilet roll[/size], so the song needs changing to hide their shame.

What occupy clown is negotiating with govt? None?
[size=16pt]If you ain't negotiating with govt, but twitting and pasting conspiracy addled shiit on your facebook wall like demented pigeons, then what is the purpose?[/size]

The only thing the fools at occupy have achieved is move the country several stepa toward war. As we speak, ND militants have begun reconvening in Port harcourt, because they have interpreted the lopsided protests as an ethnic agenda. After the country has lost the SE/SS what oil would there be to protest over?
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It takes very little effort to be stup!d.[/size]

Eko Ile:
so, the nigerian police, the ig, and the police command are all under the command of the lagos state government and they take orders from fashola?  Is this the brand of social studies you were thought in you village elementary school?

Furthermore, is the nigerian police under GEJ or ACN thugs?

You are farting on your own mushy brain and I really really feel sorry for you ignorant and uneducated clowns.

A peaceful protest organised by activists and residents in Lekki, Lagos against the planned imposition of toll fees on motorists plying the Lekki Highway was reduced to violence as the Nigeria Police Force and political party thugs brutally attacked protesters and journalists.
[size=16pt][b]According to eyewitnesses, the protest started out peacefully until thugs allegedly sponsored by the ruling party in the state, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), showed up with machetes and sticks and started attacking the protesters.
The protesters resisted the attacks. However, Mobile Police (MOPOL) officers soon arrived at the scene and started beating up the protesters and firing tear gas canisters at them.
The ACN fortified thugs were however left to display banners that read "NURTW supports tolling", with the MOPOL officers providing protection for them.[/size]
The protesters then retreated into Lekki Phase One and locked the gates but still the MOPOL officers continued to fire tear gas at them. The officers also arrested several protesters and reports say one person was beaten to unconsciousness.
The Lekki Toll Road Concession is a public private partnership (PPP) scheme between the Lagos State Government and the LCC.
However, residents of the area believe that the collection of tolls on the road by the LCC amounts to unfair treatment and injustice.

Eko Ile:
Is fashola now the police IG? Is he now in charge of the nigerian police and also responsible for all the atrocities the nigerian police are  commiting all overall nigerian? Where is the sense and knowledge of basic  social studiesi in your misguided post?

A peaceful protest organised by activists and residents in Lekki, Lagos against the planned imposition of toll fees on motorists plying the Lekki Highway was reduced to violence as the Nigeria Police Force and political party thugs brutally attacked protesters and journalists.
According to eyewitnesses, the protest started out peacefully until thugs allegedly sponsored by the ruling party in the state, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), showed up with machetes and sticks and started attacking the protesters.
The protesters resisted the attacks. However, Mobile Police (MOPOL) officers soon arrived at the scene and started beating up the protesters and firing tear gas canisters at them.
The ACN fortified thugs were however left to display banners that read "NURTW supports tolling", with the MOPOL officers providing protection for them.
The protesters then retreated into Lekki Phase One and locked the gates but still the MOPOL officers continued to fire tear gas at them. The officers also arrested several protesters and reports say one person was beaten to unconsciousness.
The Lekki Toll Road Concession is a public private partnership (PPP) scheme between the Lagos State Government and the LCC.
However, residents of the area believe that the collection of tolls on the road by the LCC amounts to unfair treatment and injustice.

Orikinla:
BRF would have handled the present palaver better than GEJ.

NemYima:
The So Called Militants are Criminals and Thugs uses by selfish Politicians, I Promise them (Militants) that  Johnathan will use them and dump them. Johnathan is not sincerely to those that voted for him. Below will show and expose how Johnathan is full of greed and Incompetent to rule Nigeria.

1. Johnathan Want Federal University, he therefore Established more to site one in his own backyard
2. He want to Remove Fuel Subsidy because he has proposed to site a Refinery in his Backyard too
3. Johnathan is not Support Creation of more states because he knows that He can't make his Community a State
4. Johnathan refused to implement so many reports by committee set up by Yar'adua because it will benefit him.
5. Johnathan refused to implement the UNEP REPORT ON OGONI because is not his Community or State.
6. Johnathan is most Corrupt President that Nigeria ever produce so far, Check out his bill in the budget.

I AM FROM NIGER DELTA BUT JOHNATHAN IS A DISGRACE TO US THAT WAS AGITATING FOR NIGER-DELTA MAN

Toks2008:
Talking about Electricity supply.

For me, i dont mind 400% increase because i am fed up.

I spend not less than 6k every week fueling my Generators amounting to 24k monthly and i presently do monthly donation of N700 to PHCN for 8hrs supply every week.

So 700 x 4 = N2,800 for stable supply of electricity. Abeg i will even pay N5000 saving about 20k. El Rufai is very correct.

Gbawe:
What is clear is that you are a lady-boy obsessively stalking my posts. Even if I am what you say, why persist saying the same thing via following me from thread to thread? Your MO (modus operandi) is the same. You simply appear on any thread I comment on, ignore the topic of the discussion, to focus on trying to trip up me up. My guy, [size=14pt]I take god beg you[/size], get a girlfriend, boyfriend or a life.

Whatever it takes to prevent you from this pathetic display that shows how seriously you take this internet chat thingy. Folks like you are actually pathetic and scary. Next time comment on the topic instead of taking a lead based on my comment. Surely you have opinions of your own?