Senator Ndume’s PA, 6 Others Arrested Over Alleged Plot to Bomb Abuja



Reports from Maiduguri, the Borno state capital has it that, Personal Assistant to Senator representing Southern Borno Senatorial District, Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume, Iliya Adamu alongside six other persons have been rounded up by security operatives and have been taken into custody for alleged membership of the Islamic sect, Boko Haram, according to Daily Post.

A security source in Maiduguri, who disclosed this via a phone call, said the suspects were planning mischief to be carried out in the Federal Capital in a continuous bid to destabilize the current peace being enjoyed by Abuja residents.
He said those arrested along with Iliya Adamu include; “Hamidu Adamu, Musa Mustafa, Yukubu Hassan, Saidu Hassan, Habib Hamma and Adamu Hamma. ”
According to the report, they are currently being interrogated and are giving security operatives leading information on the operations their operation and those who were behind them as shadow fighters.
It would be recalled that, the Senator representing Southern Borno, Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume is still standing trial for a similar offence.
Attempt to get Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume’s comment on the arrest of his personal Assistant did not yield result. As at the time of filing this report, all his phone lines were permanently switched off.

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