The publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, on
Monday, reacted to Federal High Court’s order to remand Senator Ali Ndume at
Kuje Correctional Centre for failing to produce the former Chairman of the
defunct Pension Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina.
Recall that Ndume, who is representing Borno South, stood as
surety for Maina who is standing trial on alleged money laundering charges.
However, Maina has repeatedly failed to appear in court for
the continuation of his trial which led to the revocation of his bail by
Justice Okon Abang.
Abang also ordered a bench warrant for Maina’s arrest
anywhere he is sighted.
Reacting to the development, Sowore, a former presidential
candidate in the 2019 general elections, in a tweet via his Twitter handle,
said that Ndume got himself into trouble when he started saying that there are
‘kleptocrats’ around President Muhammadu Buhari.
Recall that Ndume, while appearing on Channels
Television’s Sunday Politics earlier this month, said the president is being
betrayed by some ‘kleptocrats’ in his government who have refused to implement
policies.
Sowore tweeted: “Sen Ali Ndume got himself into trouble when
he started saying that there are kleptocrats around @MBuhari, forgetting that
the regime is a kleptocracy! Now they have him by the balls! Even @MalamiSan
who made it a habit to do pickups from Maina in Dubai wasn’t asked to explain.”
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This problem for Ndume could explain why he was full of praise for @MBuhari to probably curry favour of protection. Ndume has been talking from two sides of his mouth since praising Buhari needlessly.
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