An Assistant Director with the State Security Services, James Ineh, told the Federal High Court on Wednesday that a Senator, Mohammed Ndume, gave the telephone number of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke, to dreaded sect, Boko Haram.
Ndume, a serving Senator from Borno, is standing trial for allegedly having links with Boko Haram.
The accused has, however, said he established the link to facilitate peace as a member of the Presidential Committee on Security in the North East Zone.
Ineh, who was the Chairman of the Special Investigation Panel set up to investigate Ndume, said that a former spokesman of Boko Haram, Ali Konduga, revealed the information to the panel.
He said Konduga informed the panel that the senator provided him with the telephone number of Adoke.
The witness allegedly told the panel that the number was used to bargain a governorship petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party in Borno State.
Ineh said that the former Boko Haram spokesman testified that the calls to Adoke were threats to spur him to influence the Governorship Election Tribunal members to cede the state’s election victory to PDP or risk mayhem in the state.
He explained that the name of the AGF was dragged into the panel report submitted on November 25, 2011 on the grounds that his GSM number was found in Konduga’s telephone set.
Ineh, in his testimony, further said that the items found in the senator’s telephone were indicative of his close connection with the dreaded group.
“The fact that Konduga was tried and convicted of terrorism acts is enough to show that the accused is also liable,’’ he said.
The judge, Justice Gabriel Kolawole, adjourned further hearing in the suit to November 1, November 5 and December 11.
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