Father of jailed B/Haram convict protests extended detention

The father of Ali Konduga, who was jailed for links to the Boko Haram sect, has petitioned the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) over the continued detention of his son four years after serving his prison sentence.

Sanda Konduga, in the petition dated November 21, 2018 and seen by Daily Trust, is also demanding the sum of N500m compensation for his son over what he termed extra judicial detention.

In the letter signed on his behalf by Adam Maina, a former legislative in the Second Republic, Sanda Konduga informed the commission that there is “no new charges against Ali Sanda Konduga after the sentence and no new court order for the continued detention of Ali Sanda Konduga after expiration date of sentence from 6th December 2013 till 9th September 2016.”

Ali Konduga was on November 11, 2011 charged with a serving senator, Ali Ndume by the Department of State Service (DSS) and was summarily convicted by a Chief Magistrate Court, Wuse 2, Abuja after he pleaded guilty to offences of joint act, breach of official trust and criminal intimidation.

Konduga was found guilty of making anonymous communication to some public officials, including then VP Namadi Sambo, with respect to Boko Haram attacks, and was on December 6, 2011 sentenced to three years imprisonment, which he completed on December 6, 2013.

Senator Ndume, who was accused of having telephone conversation with the terrorist sect and Ali Konduga but failed to disclose same to security agencies, was in July, 2017 discharged and acquitted as an Abuja Federal High Court as it made no findings of call logs linking him to the charge.

In a reply by Unyime J. Inyang on behalf of its Executive Secretary, the NHRC told him that “you shall be informed of the outcome of our investigation on the matter in due course.”