A Federal High Court sitting In
Abuja has discharged and acquitted immediate past Senate leader, Senator
Mohammed Ali Ndume of all charges of terrorism brought against him.
Recall that a spokesman of the
terrorist sect, Boko Haram, Ali Sanda Umar Konduga, also known Al-Zawahiri, was
last year arrested by the police in the house of Ndume.
The Federal Government had
arraigned Ndume in 2011 and re-arraigned him in 2013 on a four-count charge of
allegedly sponsoring the Boko Haram sect.
The offence according to the
Federal Government, contravened Sections 3, 4 and 7 of the Terrorism Prevention
Act 2011.
However, when the case came up on
Tuesday, Justice Gabriel Kolawole discharged the senator on the grounds that no
prima facie case was established against him.
Delivering judgment in a no case
submission argued by Mr Ricky Tarfa on behalf of the Senator, Justice Kolawole
held that the prosecution failed on all fronts to link the defendant with the
alleged crime of hoarding information on terrorism activities and sponsoring
the Boko Haram sect.
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