An influential
Northern Senator is being closely watched by security agencies in the country
for reportedly spearheading terrorism, banditry and Kidnapping.
The powerful lawmaker, who is also heading a sensitive committee in the
Senate, has been identified as one of the sponsors and financiers of banditry
and other terror-related activities in the North, competent sources told Saturday Vanguard last night.
The top sources, who spoke in confidence with
our correspondent, admitted that the unpatriotic actions of the senator were
already known to relevant government agencies and he would soon be made to
account for his heinous deeds.
One of the sources said: “We are
aware of the Senator’s unholy relationship with the enemies of state, including
the number of times he had held nocturnal meetings with kidnappers, bandits and
terrorists in Abuja, the seat of power”.
It was also learnt that the parliamentarian,
who is allegedly linked to an outspoken Islamic scholar, brings his overwhelming influence to bear on investigative
activities of relevant security agencies.
Among other crimes allegedly committed by the
lawmaker is the fact that he knows those behind the kidnap of
some female students of the Federal University, Gusau, Zamfara State and the
corps members from Akwa Ibom State who were seized on their way to Sokoto and
have since been kept away by their abductors.
One of the top sources said further on the
antics of the Senator: “Relevant security agencies have since
unravelled the identity of a Senator from the North, who is the chief sponsor
and financier of banditry and other terror-related activities in parts of the
North.
“As a matter of fact, he is in
marriage with the bandits, who have been terrorising the North Central and the
North West areas.
“His tendencies are so disruptive and
over-arching that he interferes with the investigative activities of security
and other law enforcement agencies, who have continued to make inroads into
terrorism, sponsorship and financing.
“Let me shock you: investigations
have so far revealed that the lawmaker knows where kidnapped Zamfara female
varsity students, and members of the National Youth Service Corps are being
held”.
Another informed source, who spoke in similar
vein, said: “Security agencies are aware of the Senator’s disruptive activities
and have placed him under surveillance, being a person of interest.
“While an influential Islamic scholar can be
said to be in bed with suspected terrorists, this high-profile Nigerian is in
marriage with the bandits, and you know what that mean.
“We are wondering why he was given such a
sensitive chairmanship position to occupy, considering his antecedents, which
were appropriately communicated to the highest authorities.
“The truth of the matter is that security
agencies are doing their best in terms of intelligence, investigations and
operations, but what they need to identify, isolate and bring terrorists and
their sponsors/financiers to deserved justice, is the political will on the
part of government”.
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