Boko Haram : Detained Senator Admits Knowing BH Spokesperson

Detained People Democratic Party Senator, Mohammed Ali Ndume from Borno has confessed to knowing the spokesperson of the dreaded Boko Haram sect operating in the northeastern parts of Nigeria. Senator Ndume represents Borno South Senatorial District at the Nigerian senate. The Boko Haram spokesperson was arrested and paraded in public yesterday by the Nigerian secret police, State Security Services (SSS).www.mannastores.com

Sources at the SSS told Saharareporters that the PDP senator finally admitted that a relationship existed between him and Boko Haram but claimed he was too "scared" to tell it to security agencies.

The source also stated that some Senators had began putting pressure on the SSS to release the Senator from detention.

The SSS yesterday paraded Ali Sauda Umar Konduga (a.k.a Usman al-Zawahiri) who openly spoke to reporters about his involvement with the Boko Haram sect. Konduga was the spokesperson of Boko Haram who claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing attacks on the Nigerian police headquarters and the UN building in Abuja according to sources.

The accused also named the past Borno State governor Ali Modu Sheriff and Nigeria’s former Ambassador to Sao Tome and Principe, the late Saidu Pindar as key supporters of the sect.
Ambassador Pindar recently died in a mysterious auto accident that left his car mangled beyond recognition.
Nigerian presidency sources told Saharareporters that security agents knew of former Governor Modu Sherrif's involvement in sponsoring Boko Haram a long time ago, but the former governor enjoys support from the chief of staff to President Goodluck Jonathan.
Konduga told reporters yesterday that he was a member of the violent militant group in Borno state known as "ECOMOG" which received financial backing from the former governor. SSS sources said Konduga revealed during interrogation that Modu Sherrif had a pact with Boko Haram which made it possible for sect members to get political appointments and substantial financial support from the former governor before a falling out.