Ali Ndume

Ndume Kicks Against Blanket Amnesty For Bandits

March 1, 2021 10:36 am

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Ali Ndume, has rejected the provision of blanket amnesty to bandits.

Ndume said it has the tendency to breed new forms of criminality in Nigeria.

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The Borno South senator spoke on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics.

According to Ndume, ‘I don’t think blanket amnesty is the solution because if you do that, another form of criminality may emerge, hoping that the government will bring them to the negotiating table.’

He added: ‘This is not a conventional war, we are not fighting another country. We

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₦2bn Fraud: I Can’t Find Maina – Sen Ndume Tells Court

October 3, 2020 5:50 am

Ali Ndume, Senator representing Borno South, on Friday, told a Federal High Court in Abuja, that he cannot find the former chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulraheed Maina.

Ndume is standing as bail surety for Maina, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on 12 counts of money laundering involving about ₦2billion.

Maina has been absent in court for three times in a row within one week.

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In line with terms and conditions of the bail which the judge Justice Okon Abang gave …

Bill Supporting Rehab Of B’Haram Helps Insurgency

February 21, 2020 9:46 am

Ali Ndume, Senator representing Borno South in the National Assembly, has rejected the newly introduced bill aimed at creating an agency for repentant Boko Haram insurgents.

Ndume, who is the Chairman Senate Committee on Army, said the bill was indirectly asking more Nigerians to team up with the terrorist group.

The lawmaker stated that the bill will swell the ranks of Boko Haram because they are sure of rehabilitation and reintegration into society.

Recall that the National Agency for Education, Rehabilitation, De-radicalisation and Integration of repentant insurgents in Nigeria was sponsored by Senator Ibrahim Gaidam representing Yobe East Senatorial District

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