Ethics And Privileges Committee's Report Is Not A Determinant In Amaechi's Matter-Senator Ndume

After petitions from PDP were brought to the senate house against Rotimi Amaechi,Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume,say's that the report of Ethics and Privileges Committee is not a determinant in Amaechi's matter.Read is words

 “I don’t know; it is the Ethics and Privileges (Committee). But let me add that the Ethics and Privileges report is not the determinant in Amaechi’s matter. It is the Senate. Even if they write their report, it has to be laid before the Senate, which will decide on the report. It is not the report that will decide Amaechi’s fate. Whatever the committee recommends to the Senate, it is the Senate that will decide. I have told Nigerians several times that this Senate belongs to the APC. We have PDP senators that are in the minority. We are practising democracy in a changed environment. That is to allow the minorities to have their say. But you know that the majority will always have its way. We have 58 senators, the Senate President excluded, and they have 48 senators. And Amaechi is an APC candidate and the constitution is very clear. Until there is conviction, you are considered innocent until proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt by a competent court of law. Unfortunately, you cannot confirm or disqualify Amaechi. We are the only ones that can do that. And PDP cannot disqualify Amaechi based on triviality. It must be based on constitutionality”

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BOKO HARAM: Senator Ndume Names VP Namadi Sambo

The believe that some senior politicians in Goodluck Jonathan's administration are "involved" with members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect, directly or indirectly, has been confirmed by Senator Ali Ndume.

I hear that Senator Ndume has sworn before a Federal High Court in Abuja that the Vice President, Namadi Sambo, was fully aware of his dealings with the sect.

According to sources, the trial of the Senator may have assumed a dangerous dimension as it is believed the man is no longer happy that he's been allowed to suffer alone when, in fact, he is not alone in the business of "contacting" members of Boko Haram.

While challenging the 4-count criminal charge that was entered against him, Senator Ndume admitted having telephone exchanges with members of the terrorist sect but denied furnishing them with classified information that has aided their operations.

The embattled lawmaker who said the first telephone exchange he had with the sect was on October 4, 2011, insisted that the reason the sect approached him was as a result of his being a member of the Presidential Committee that was inaugurated on August 2, 2011, with a view to addressing the security challenges in the North-Eastern part of the nation.

An affidavit deposed to by his counsel on his behalf read in part:

“The Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency Namadi Sambo, is also aware that he was in contact with the Jammatul Sunnah Walid Jihad (otherwise known as ‘Boko Haram’).

“All actions taken by him with respect to the “Boko Haram” were for and on behalf of the said Presidential Committee as he was mandated by the said Committee. Before his appointment as a member of the Committee, he never had any contact with the said sect or any member or in possession of the telephone numbers of any member of the sect".

It would be recalled that Senator Ndume was arrested by the SSS on November 21, 2011, after a self-confessed spokesman of the sect, Ali Sanda Konduga, fingered him as one of the major sponsors of the sect... No official reaction from the office of the Vice President as at the time of posting.

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