Three senators allegedly linked to the Boko Haram sect have been
placed under top security watch by the inspector-general of police, Mohammed
Abubakar. Senators Ndume, Zenna and Ali Modu Sherif have variously been in
the news for alleged involvement in the sponsorship of the terrorist activities
of the Boko Haram sect.
Abubakar made this disclosure yesterday during the opening
ceremony of a two-day workshop for officers of the Criminal Investigation
Departments (CID) of the zonal, state, divisional and area commands. He said
the police were still gathering information in order to prosecute them.
The IG, who lamented that they were not getting enough
information to bring the senators to book, called on Nigerians with information
about the sponsors of terrorism to avail the police of such information.
“We are doing so much about it, looking for evidences. We are
investigating, but please anybody who has evidence about that, we need help
because you cannot take anybody to court without a preponderance of evidence.
All those people you are talking about, yes, they are under watch, we are
investigating but we need assistance.
“This is part of what this seminar will discuss. We need
evidences to prosecute their cases. There is no imaginary evidence; things do
not happen from the blues. They must be realistic and there must be
preponderance of evidence before we can prosecute anybody,” he said.
Reacting to an allegation that the police were sleeping on the
investigation of House of Representatives member Farouk Lawan over alleged
bribery scam, Abubakar said the case would be wrapped up and prosecution follow
as soon there was enough evidence.
“No, it’s not infinito. Investigation is ongoing. If you follow
the case properly, you can see that the investigation is on and there are other
factors that we have to key in for us to complete the investigation. As soon as
we complete the investigation. We’ll do what is right and ensure that
prosecution takes place,” he said.
Source: Leadership
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