Suspected Islamic State (IS) terror group leader, Mohamed Abdi Ali alias Abu Fidaa who is seeking to be granted bail.
BY NT REPORTER.
Director of Public Prosecution now wants High Court Judge Ngenye Macharia to recuse herself from hearing an appeal in which suspected Islamic State (IS) terror group leader, Mohamed Abdi Ali alias Abu Fidaa is seeking to be granted bail.
DPP through senior prosecution counsel Duncan Ondimu claims Justice Ngenye Macharia did not treat them fairly in a similar matter in which it was seeking bond cancellation of Ali’s Wife Nuseiba Mohammed Haji who was charged with terror related charges.
Ondimu claims that the prosecution is apprehensive that the Judge will not give a fair hearing to the application and thus she should recuse herself from the matter.
In the appeal, Ali is seeking to be released on bail pending his trial at the lower court.
Ali was charged with eight counts of terror related charges.
ATPU in Court documents is opposed to his release on bail claiming that the accused person is extremely dangerous and poses serious danger to the national security and public safety of the country and the entire world and thus should not be released on bail pending his trial.
ATPU claims that Phone chat recovered indicates connection to recruitment cells in Libya, a need to make fake currency and plans to sells drugs to raise money for Jihad.
Further, Computer and Cellular Examinations Forensic Report reveals that the accused person and his associates some who are already before the court adopted the use of chat applications that are rarely used like KIK and THREEMA for text based chat.
“Computer and Cellular Examinations Forensic Report also reveals a chat account THREEMA user known as Simba and user Abu Fidaa discussing the possibilities of getting toys, explosives , grenades and rifles for a possible attack,” said Investigating Officer Bwire in court documents.
The Anti-terrorism body alleges that, in an interview with the accused person during the investigations, he confessed to having been in communication with Simba who is allegedly based in South Africa.
“Their communication was planning to conduct an attack in South Africa due to the xenophobic attack that was carried out against Muslims more so Somalis residing there and also because South African Government is involved in fighting ISIS in Nigeria,” added the Officer.
