Kidnap ransom scandal: I’ve never seen N1billion cash in my life – Ndume

The lawmaker representing Borno South Senatorial District, Ali Ndume, says helium has ne'er successful his beingness seen N1billion cash.

Ndume made this known connected Friday erstwhile helium appeared arsenic a impermanent successful an interrogation connected Channels Television’s Politics Today.

He was responding to kidnap intermediary allegation leveled against him for by 1 Samaila Kaigame, the purported person of Borno South Youth Alliance.

The longest-serving lawmaker astatine the reddish enclosure of the National Assembly denied the accusations of receiving ransom money.

“I person said it already. In my life, I person ne'er seen N1billion cash, not to speech of N5billion.

“After Kaigame came to marque those claims connected the television, I rapidly spoke with the National Security Adviser and the Department of State Services, DSS, connected the matter.

“I told them that determination is request to bring america and perceive him retired arsenic helium said helium wants to beryllium heard, truthful that helium volition person the accidental to beryllium each these his allegations.

“And the authorities should instrumentality this substance precise earnestly due to the fact that it borders connected nationalist security. It’s precise dangerous. This has to bash with planetary information due to the fact that ISWAP and each these violent organizations are involved.

“So aft helium started bothering maine astir idiosyncratic publication to ransom payment, I told him that I bash not enactment nego...