Unconfirmed reports yesterday indicated that the State
Security Service (SSS), arrested a serving Senator, Ahmad Zanna Khalifa,
alleged to be habouring and shielding members of the Boko Haram sect. Reports
had it that a man suspected to be a commander of the dreaded sect was allegedly
having a good time in the home of the Senator. Senator Khalifa, representing
Borno Central Senatorial had since denied the allegation.
Speaking on Political Platform, a radio programme on
Raypower FM, Abuja, yesterday, the embattled Senator although admitted that the
alleged Boko Haram Commander was his distant cousin, he said that he never knew
him to a member of the sect.
He, however, admitted that the suspect was a drug addict but
that he had since distanced himself from him. Daily Sun also learnt that
earlier yesterday, the Senator had addressed a press conference to debunk the
allegations but shortly after, he was whisked away by SSS operatives at about
2pm.
As at 8pm yesterday, Khalifa was said be cooling his heels
in detention at the SSS headquarters, Abuja. Some of his loyalists, in an
effort to ensure his protection and quick release, raised the alarm that they
learnt that the Senator would be released after answering the necessary
questions. A source later confided in Daily Sun that they were worried that he
was not going to be released as earlier promised.
Meanwhile, efforts to get the SSS spokesperson, Marilyn
Ogar, to confirm the arrest and detention of the Senator proved abortive as at
press time, yesterday.
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