The Court of Appeal, Abuja has fixed Novem-ber 1 for definite hearing of the appeal by a serving member of the National Assembly Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume.
Ndume is standing trial over terrorism related charges before the Federal High Court, Abuja.
He is accused of sponsoring the Boko Haram sect and failing to disclose the cell phone number of a spokesman of the sect, Ali Sanda Umar Konduga, which was in his (Ndume’s) possession.
Ndume’s appeal is against two rulings by the trial court delivered on December 11 and 12, 2012.
The trial judge, Justice Gabriel Kolawole had in both rulings admitted as evidence against Ndume alleged call logs from a telephone firm, which indicated that the Senator had telephone conversation with Konduga.
Justice Kolawole also admitted in evidence certain digital video discs (DVDs) containing call-data records including findings based on investigations carried out by a Special Investigation Panel (SIP) of the State Security Service (SSS).
In his appeal, Ndume want the appellate court to invalidate the admitted evidence on the ground that the trial judge erred in law when he admitted the non admissible materials.
The Senator described the admitted materials as radically and fundamentally against him.
Source: Daily Trust.
