Senator Ali Ndume has alleged that the Nigerian government is monitoring his phone conversations, raising concerns about surveillance and the country’s security priorities.
Ndume made the claim on Thursday while speaking on Politics
Today, a programme on Channels Television.
Responding to questions, the senator said he had been warned
multiple times to be cautious about what he says on the phone because his
conversations were being tracked.
When asked directly if the government was monitoring him,
Ndume replied in the affirmative.
The lawmaker, however, said he does not consider the alleged
monitoring a major issue, noting that Nigeria is currently facing serious
security challenges.
He questioned why security agencies appear unable to track
terrorists effectively, despite their alleged capacity to monitor public
figures, pointing to cases where criminal groups openly share their activities
on social media platforms like TikTok.
He said: “You can imagine the bandits, the terrorists in
Nigeria have the audacity to be reporting their atrocities on Tiktok and then
disperse and sending it out to people.
“I believe that if telephone can be tracked, and where Ndume
or politically exposed persons can be tracked, I begin to wonder what is going
on?
“They have tracking system all over. I’ve been warned
several times that look, be careful on what you say on the phone, because the
phone is being monitored.
“So if I can be monitored, I kept getting confused as to why
can’t they come…
“If you as a journalist can get information about me, what
stops the security agencies or the intelligence agencies to get information
about the whereabouts or the activities of terrorists.”
When asked if the government is monitoring his phone, Ndume
insisted and answered: “Yes”.
“I don’t have problem with that (government monitoring my
phone). The whole Nigeria is country of concern now, but that’s not a big deal
anyway,” the Senator added.
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