FG To Provide Fresh Evidence That Ndume Has Link With Boko Haram

The Federal Government asked the court for permission to call additional witnesses and provide new evidence proving that Borno Senator Aliyu Ndume has links with the dreaded Boko Haram sect, The Nation reports. It would be recalled that Ndume is accused of sponsoring insurgents. The case took a new turn on Tuesday in a Federal High Court in Abuja, as the attorney from the office of Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) E. Orji moved the motion to give fresh facts proving in support of allegations against the senator. "We urge this court to grant this motion and dismiss the counter affidavit of the accused because it is intended to cause a clog in the wheel of justice,"he said. Meanwhile defence asked the court to reject the request. According to his lawyer I. A. Kaigama, if the request is satisfied, it will overreach the earlier judgement of the Court of Appeal setting aside the admission of new evidence by trial court. "The motion constitutes a gross abuse of the process of the court and should be refused. The application has no fact to convince the court to grant it. Bringing additional evidence will amount to unfair trial for the accused person,"the lawyer stressed. The trial judge fixed May 27 for ruling.