A prosecution witness in the trial
of Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume
yesterday contradicted himself
when he read to the court an
International Mobile Equipment
Identity (IMEI) number of a
mobile phone which belongs to
Ndume that was different from
the digits he gave when he
testified on Tuesday.
The witness, Aliyu Usman, a
forensic examiner attached to
the State Security Service (SSS), on
Tuesday told the court that the
last four digits of the Nokia E7
ended with 3050, but when
asked to read out the IMEI
yesterday, Usman confirmed that
the last four digits were 3055.
On Wednesday, Usman told the
court that there were 73
communications between the
Nokia E7 with the IMEI 3050,
which allegedly belongs to
Ndume and the convicted
spokesperson of the Boko Haram
sect, Ali Sanda Umar Konduga,
who allegedly owns the Nokia
2700 which has 9226 as the last
four digits of its IMEI.
Usman has told the court that in
the cause of analyzing two
mobile phones given to him by
the chairman of the Special
Investigation Panel (SIP), James
Ene Izi, it was discovered that the
duo had exchanged text
messages, multi media messages
and placed voice calls between
October 3, 2011 and November
3, 2011.
He said report of the findings as
well as the call data records were
burnt in three different DVDs and
forwarded to the SIP chairman.
Ndume’s counsel, Rickey Tarfa
(SAN), has objected to the DVDs
being admitted in evidence, but
the court admitted same
yesterday.
Justice Gabriel Kolawale
adjourned till February 7 and 11,
2013 for continuation of trial.
Ndume is standing trial on
terrorism-related charges before
an Abuja Federal High Court.

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