SECURITY agents last night arrested a Nigerian serving Senator representing Borno South Senatorial district who a Boko Haram suspect named as the sect sponsor.
Senator Ali Ndume (Borno), who is being held by the State Security Services (SSS), will be arraigned in court with some members of the sect already in SSS custody, sources said.
A source, who pleaded not to be named for security reasons, broke to The Nation news of the senator's arrest at about 10.20pm.
He said: "He is presently being detained in SSS custody, pending his arraignment in court.
"Based on the confession of some Boko Haram suspects in custody, we have interrogated Ndume and he has made a statement accordingly. We are going to charge him to court on Tuesday (today) with some of the suspects in our custody.
"With this development, we hope that Nigerians will appreciate that security agencies are doing our best to tackle terrorism."
Attempts by some Senators to see Ndume last night failed.
A suspect named Ndume, former Borno State Governor Ali Modu Sheriff and Nigeria's former Ambassador to Sao Tome and Principe, the late Saidu Pindar, as financial backers of Boko Haram.
The suspect, Ali Sauda Umar Konduga (a.k.a Usman al-Zawahiri) spoke at the State Security Service (SSS) office in Abuja during a session with reporters in the presence of SSS officials.
It was a repetition of the confessional statement he allegedly made to the SSS.
Besides its activities in the Northeast, which have caused hundreds of deaths, the group extended its operations to Abuja when its suicide bomber attacked the police headquarters.
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